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Good volatility, bad volatility and option pricing / by Bruno Feunou and Cédric Okou.FB3-5/2017-52E-PDF

“Advances in variance analysis permit the splitting of the total quadratic variation of a jump diffusion process into upside and downside components. Recent studies establish that this decomposition enhances volatility predictions, and highlight the upside/downside variance spread as a driver of the asymmetry in stock price distributions. To appraise the economic gain of this decomposition, we design a new and flexible option pricing model in which the underlying asset price exhibits distinct upside and downside semi-variance dynamics driven by their model-free proxies. The new model outperforms common benchmarks, especially the alternative that splits the quadratic variation into diffusive and jump components"--Abstract, p. ii.

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Department/Agency
  • Bank of Canada.
TitleGood volatility, bad volatility and option pricing / by Bruno Feunou and Cédric Okou.
Series title
  • Bank of Canada staff working paper, 1701-9397 ; 2017-52
Publication typeMonograph - View Master Record
Language[English]
FormatDigital text
Electronic document
Note(s)
  • "December 2017."
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 30-31).
  • Includes abstract in French.
Publishing information
  • [Ottawa] : Bank of Canada, 2017.
Author / Contributor
  • Feunou, Bruno.
  • Okou, Cédric.
Descriptioniii, 43 p. : charts.
Catalogue number
  • FB3-5/2017-52E-PDF
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