This thesis consists of three essays that examine various measures of equity risk implied in the prices of options on individual stocks and stock market indices and their effects on equity pricing. The focus is on the higher moments of the risk-neutral return distribution such as skewness and kurtosis. The first essay is an empirical investigation of whether the innovations in option-implied volatility, skewness, or kurtosis of the S&P 500 index are priced risk factors. We compute the option-implied moments of the S&P 500 index by using the methodology developed in Bakshi, Kapadia, and Madan (2003), and conduct an extensive series of asset pricing tests on the cross-section of stocks between 1996 and 2005. We find strong evidence that th...
We develop a new method for measuring moment risk premiums. We find that the skew premium accounts f...
Le risque du marché des actions mesuré selon le coefficient bêta suscite un vif intérêt de la part d...
The Black-Scholes (1973) option pricing model is used to value a wide range of option contracts. How...
This thesis is made up of three essays that explore the informational content of index and individua...
This thesis consists of three essays that explore alternative approaches to extracting information f...
This thesis consists of four empirical essays on option-implied information and asset pricing in the...
This thesis examines how stock returns are determined by different ex ante risk factors implied fro...
This dissertation consists of three essays. The first essay focuses on implied volatility estimation...
The first essay investigates the option-implied investor preferences by comparing equilibrium option...
We prove the existence of a negative variance risk premium for major US stock indexes and stocks, ex...
Based on a large set of transactions data for Eurex DAX and Euro-Bund-Future options, this paper add...
This thesis comprises three essays on asset pricing on the stock and options markets. The first essa...
We develop a new method for measuring moment risk premiums. We find that the skew premium accounts f...
This dissertation focuses on empirical asset pricing, including stock and options pricing. In the fi...
The thesis “The Impact of Loss Aversion and Investor Sentiment on Implied Volatility Skews” examines...
We develop a new method for measuring moment risk premiums. We find that the skew premium accounts f...
Le risque du marché des actions mesuré selon le coefficient bêta suscite un vif intérêt de la part d...
The Black-Scholes (1973) option pricing model is used to value a wide range of option contracts. How...
This thesis is made up of three essays that explore the informational content of index and individua...
This thesis consists of three essays that explore alternative approaches to extracting information f...
This thesis consists of four empirical essays on option-implied information and asset pricing in the...
This thesis examines how stock returns are determined by different ex ante risk factors implied fro...
This dissertation consists of three essays. The first essay focuses on implied volatility estimation...
The first essay investigates the option-implied investor preferences by comparing equilibrium option...
We prove the existence of a negative variance risk premium for major US stock indexes and stocks, ex...
Based on a large set of transactions data for Eurex DAX and Euro-Bund-Future options, this paper add...
This thesis comprises three essays on asset pricing on the stock and options markets. The first essa...
We develop a new method for measuring moment risk premiums. We find that the skew premium accounts f...
This dissertation focuses on empirical asset pricing, including stock and options pricing. In the fi...
The thesis “The Impact of Loss Aversion and Investor Sentiment on Implied Volatility Skews” examines...
We develop a new method for measuring moment risk premiums. We find that the skew premium accounts f...
Le risque du marché des actions mesuré selon le coefficient bêta suscite un vif intérêt de la part d...
The Black-Scholes (1973) option pricing model is used to value a wide range of option contracts. How...