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The Black-Derman-Toy (BDT) model is a popular one-factor interest rate model that is widely used by practitioners. One of its advantages is that the model can be calibrated to both the current market term structure of interest rate and the current term structure of volatilities. The input term...
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We show that if a lead-lag relation exists between the option and spot markets, the implied volatility in option prices can be biased depending on the level of the true volatility; that is, the higher the true volatility, the more upward biased the implied volatility will be. We then test the...
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We formulate a stylized model that admits volatility ambiguity to the Lucas framework. The model specifies an economically motivated ambiguity penalty function that makes volatility ambiguity quantifiable with χ2-statistics, and allows for analytical solutions. The addition of volatility...
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Assuming that one-period logarithmic returns of the underlying asset follow a hidden Markov process, we develop a valuation model for European call options. Unlike existing option pricing models, our pricing mechanism relies on the optimal non exponential-affine stochastic discount factor...
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