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Title: | Effects of market default risk on index option risk-neutral moments | Authors: | Andreou, Panayiotis | Major Field of Science: | Social Sciences | Field Category: | Economics and Business | Keywords: | Implied volatility smirk;Market default risk;Market leverage;Risk-neutral moments | Issue Date: | 2-Dec-2015 | Source: | Quantitative Finance, 2015, vol. 15, no. 12, pp. 2021-2040. | Volume: | 15 | Issue: | 12 | Start page: | 2021 | End page: | 2040 | Journal: | Quantitative finance | Abstract: | We investigate the relative importance of market default risk in explaining the time variation of the S&P 500 Index option-implied risk-neutral moments. The results demonstrate that market default risk is positively (negatively) related to the index risk-neutral volatility and skewness (kurtosis). These relations are robust in the presence of other factors relevant to the dynamics and microstructure nature of the spot and option markets. Overall, this study sheds light on a set of economic determinants which help to understand the daily evolution of the S&P 500 Index option-implied risk-neutral distributions. Our findings offer explanations of why theoretical predictions of option pricing models are not consistent with what is observed in practice and provide support that market default risk is important to asset pricing. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/9501 | ISSN: | 14697688 | DOI: | 10.1080/14697688.2014.1000367 | Rights: | © Taylor & Francis. Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States |
Type: | Article | Affiliation : | Cyprus University of Technology | Publication Type: | Peer Reviewed |
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