Sökning: "volatility smile"
Hittade 5 avhandlingar innehållade orden volatility smile.
1. Market Models with Stochastic Volatility
Sammanfattning : Financial Markets is an interesting wide range area of research in Financial Engineering. In this thesis, which consists of an introduction, six papers and appendices, we deal with market models with stochastic volatility in order to understand some financial derivatives, mainly European options. LÄS MER
2. Essays on Derivatives and Liquidity
Sammanfattning : This dissertation contains four essays in which derivatives markets are studied in relation to three related topics in financial economics: asset pricing, market microstructure and risk management.Essay I studies the role of relative option liquidity in explaining the volatility smile. LÄS MER
3. Option Pricing and Bayesian Learning
Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of three chapters devoted to both empirical and theoretical aspects of option pricing. The first chapter investigates the market for European options on the Swedish OMX index using daily data for the period 1993-2000. LÄS MER
4. Asset Pricing Models with Stochastic Volatility
Sammanfattning : Asset pricing modeling is a wide range area of research in Financial Engineering. In this thesis, which consists of an introduction, three papers and appendices; we deal with asset pricing models with stochastic volatility. Here stochastic volatility modeling includes diffusion models and regime-switching models. LÄS MER
5. Derivative Prices for Models using Levy Processes and Markov Switching
Sammanfattning : This thesis contributes to mathematics, finance and computer simulations. In terms of mathematics this thesis concerns applied probability and Lévy processes and from the financial point of view the thesis concerns derivative pricing. Within these two areas several simulation techniques are investigated. The thesis is organized as follows. LÄS MER