Measure Changes in Finance

Changes of measure are known in standard finance, but when modelling assets with Levy processes these changes become something more refined. In particular, the use of Levy processes does not permit building of a complete market. In other words, the risk-neutral measure is not unique; prices will var...

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Published in:Finance India 2004-04, Vol.18 (18(1)), p.611
Main Authors: Olivier Le Courtois, Quittard-Pinon, François
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Business administration
Economics and Finance
Humanities and Social Sciences
Mathematical models
Risk factors
Securities prices
Stock prices
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Summary:Changes of measure are known in standard finance, but when modelling assets with Levy processes these changes become something more refined. In particular, the use of Levy processes does not permit building of a complete market. In other words, the risk-neutral measure is not unique; prices will vary according to the choice of measure that is made. Two approaches are basically available. In the first approach (cf. Carr, Geman, Madan and Yor (2002)), the risk-neutral measure is extracted directly from the market - from option prices. One can then compute derivative prices by performing numerical integrations with respect to this measure. In the second approach (cf. Raible (200)), the risk-neutral measure is derived by an Esscher transform. Users of this approach (Raible and others) modelled prices on processes from the Generalized Hyperbolic class. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:0970-3772