非线性Black-Scholes模型下Bala期权定价

在非线性Black-Scholes模型下,研究了Bala期权定价问题.首先利用双参数摄动方法,将Bala期权适合的偏微分方程分解成一系列常系数抛物方程.其次通过计算这些常系数抛物型方程的解,给出了Bala期权的近似定价公式.最后利用Green函数分析了近似结论的误差估计.     

非线性Black-Scholes模型下几何平均亚式期权定价

在非线性Black-Scholes模型下,本文研究了几何平均亚式期权定价问题.首先利用单参数摄动方法,将亚式期权适合的偏微分方程分解成一系列常系数抛物方程.其次通过计算这些常系数抛物型方程的解,给出了几何平均亚式期权的近似定价公式.最后利用Green函数分析了近似结论的误差估计.     

人民币汇率变动对我国开放经济中外资流人影响的研究

就人民币汇率变动对我国开放经济外资流入的传导机制进行理论分析,并以高开放地区和行业为代表,结合实际数据利用面板模型进行实证研究,结果表明:人民币汇率与我国开放经济中外资流入呈现反向变动.由于外资对我国开放经济稳定健康发展具有重大意义和影响.因此,我国需保持人民币汇率在中长期稳定,从而避免对外资流入产生大的冲击.     

Analysis of VIX Markets with a Time-Spread Portfolio

This paper explores the relationship between option markets for the S&P500 (SPX) and Chicago Board Options Exchange’s CBOE’s Volatility Index (VIX). Results are obtained by using the so-called time-spread portfolio to replicate a future contract on the squared VIX. The time-spread portfolio is interesting because it provides a model-free link between derivative prices for SPX and VIX. Time spreads can be computed from SPX put options with different maturities, which results in a term structure for squared volatility. This term structure can be compared to the VIX-squared term structure that is backed-out from VIX call options. The time-spread portfolio is also used to measure volatility-of-volatility (vol-of-vol) and the volatility leverage effect. There may emerge small differences in these measurements, depending on whether time spreads are computed with options on SPX or options on VIX. A study of 2012 daily options data shows that vol-of-vol estimates utilizing SPX data will reflect the volatility leverage effect, whereas estimates that exclusively utilize VIX options will predominantly reflect the premia in the VIX-future term structure.     

General financial market model defined by a liquidation value process

Financial market models defined by a liquidation value process generalize the conic models of Schachermayer and Kabanov where the transaction costs are proportional to the exchanged volumes of traded assets. The solvency set of all portfolio positions that can be liquidated without any debt is not necessary convex, e.g. in presence of proportional transaction costs and fixed costs. Therefore, the classical duality principle based on the Hahn–Banach separation theorem is not appropriate to characterize the prices super hedging a contingent claim. Using an alternative method based on the concepts of essential supremum and maximum, we provide a characterization of European and American contingent claim prices under the absence of arbitrage opportunity of the second kind.     

Efficient pricing of commodity options with early-exercise under the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process

We analyze the efficiency properties of a numerical pricing method based on Fourier-cosine expansions for early-exercise options. We focus on variants of Schwartz? model based on a mean reverting Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process, which is commonly used for modeling commodity prices. This process however does not possess favorable properties for the option pricing method of interest. We therefore propose an approximation of its characteristic function, so that the Fast Fourier Transform can be applied for highest efficiency.     

Real options valuation of forest plantation investments in Brazil

In this paper, we consider investments in eucalyptus plantations in Brazil. For such projects, we discuss real options valuation in the place conventional methods such as IRR or NPV, possibly with CAPM. Traditionally, real options valuation assumes complete markets and neglects market imperfections. Yet, market frictions, such as transaction costs, interest rate spreads, and restricted short positions, can play an important role. We extend real options valuation to allow incomplete and imperfect markets. The value is obtained as a competitive price, given markets of competing investment opportunities, such as real and financial assets. Under perfect and complete markets, such valuation method is consistent with conventional real options theory. Stochastic programming and standard software is used for valuation of eucalyptus plantations. We estimate the underlying interdependent diffusion processes of stock market, interest rates, exchange rates and pulpwood price, and derive novel expressions of stochastic integrals to be employed in scenario generation for discrete time stochastic programming.     

Capacity switching options under rivalry and uncertainty

Deregulated infrastructure industries exhibit stiff competition for market share. Firms may be able to limit the effects of competition by launching new projects in stages. Using a two-stage real options model, we explore the value of such flexibility. We first demonstrate that the value of investing in a sequential manner for a monopolist is positive but decreases with uncertainty. Next, we find that a typical duopoly firm’s value relative to a monopolist’s decreases with uncertainty as long as the loss in market share is high. Intriguingly, this result is reversed for a low loss in market share. We finally show that this loss in value is reduced if a firm invests in a sequential manner and specify the conditions under which sequential capacity expansion is more valuable for a duopolist firm than for a monopolist.     

沪铜期货及其期权的量化定价实证研究

作为最大的铜消费市场,铜在我国占据着最重要地位。随着2018年9月沪铜期货期权正式登陆上海期货交易所,我国铜交易产品进一步与国际接轨。虽然拥有世界领先的铜交易市场,但我国学术领域尚缺乏采用量化方法对沪铜期货及其期权的深入实证研究。在大宗商品量化领域,Schwartz二因子模型^[1]被看作是量化期货定价的基准模型,本文通过实证分析发现经典二因子模型在中国市场应用时会产生“水土不服”,因此本文采用波动参数的思想,修正了Schwartz二因子模型在中国沪铜市场的“水土不服”。另外,根据早期文献对认购期货期权的量化定价模型^[2,3],本文明确了认沽期货期权的量化定价公式,并通过对沪铜期货期权定价模型的实证分析,发现目前沪铜期货期权存在套利空间。     

Timing and eco(nomic) efficiency of climate-friendly investments in supply chains

Emission trading schemes such as the European Union Emissions Trading System (EUETS) attempt to reconcile economic efficiency with ecological efficiency by creating financial incentives for companies to invest in climate-friendly innovations. Using real options methodology, we demonstrate that under uncertainty, economic and ecological efficiency continue to be mutually exclusive. This problem is even worse if a climate-friendly project depends on investing in of a whole supply chain. We model a sequential bargaining game in a supply chain where the parties negotiate over implementation of a carbon dioxide (CO₂) saving investment project. We show that the outcome of their bargaining is not economically efficient and even less ecologically efficient. Furthermore, we show that a supply chain becomes less economically efficient and less ecologically efficient with every additional chain link. Finally, we make recommendations for how managers or politicians can improve the situation and thereby increase economic as well as ecological efficiency and thus also the eco-efficiency of supply chains.