Power Style Contracts Under Asymmetric Lévy Processes

Fajardo, José (2016): Power Style Contracts Under Asymmetric Lévy Processes.

Abstract

In this paper we present new pricing formulas for some Power style contracts of European type when the underlying process is driven by an important class of L´evy processes, which includes CGMY model, generalized hyperbolic Model and Meixner Model, when no symmetry properties are assumed, extending and complementing in this way previous findings in the literature. Also, we show how to implement our new formulas.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Skewness; L´evy processes; Absence of symmetry; Power contracts
• Subjects: C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C5 - Econometric Modeling > C52 - Model Evaluation, Validation, and Selection; G - Financial Economics > G1 - General Financial Markets > G12 - Asset Pricing ; Trading Volume ; Bond Interest Rates; G - Financial Economics > G1 - General Financial Markets > G13 - Contingent Pricing ; Futures Pricing

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