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48 results for second price

Second-order economic theory considers new variables to improve price volatility predictions.

problem Current economic models focus on first-order variables, missing second-order variables that affect price volatility.
method Introduces second-order economic theory with new variables composed of sums of squares of agents' transactions.
result Second-order economic theory complements first-order variables and introduces new macroeconomic variables.

Introduces a new price measure and a second-order economic theory for volatility forecasting.

problem Forecasting price volatility in financial markets.
method Develops a new price measure and a second-order economic theory to model price volatility.
result Shows that second-order economic theory improves forecasting of price volatility.

We provide an exact analytical solution of the Nash equilibrium for kk- price auctions. We also introduce a new type of auction and demonstrate that it has fair solutions other than the second price auctions, therefore paving the way for replacing second price auctions.

2018-09-26abs ↗pdf ↗

Proposes second-order Esscher transform for Lévy models in financial markets.

problem Risk management and quantification in markets with jumps and Lévy dynamics.
method Derives densities, equivalent measures, and pricing formulas for European call options.
result Option prices are bounded and monotonic with the second-order Esscher parameter.

Risk management in financial derivative markets requires inevitably the calculation of the different price sensitivities. The literature contains an abundant amount of research works that have studied the computation of these important values. Most of these works consider the well-known Black and Scholes model where th…

2017-05-06abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper we derive a second order approximation for an infinite dimensional limit order book model, in which the dynamics of the incoming order flow is allowed to depend on the current market price as well as on a volume indicator (e.g.~the volume standing at the top of the book). We study the fluctuations of the …

2017-08-24abs ↗pdf ↗

We extend the classical Cox-Ross-Rubinstein binomial model in two ways. We first develop a binomial model with time-dependent parameters that equate all moments of the pricing tree increments with the corresponding moments of the increments of the limiting Itô price process. Second, we introduce a new trinomial model i…

2017-12-10abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper extends asset pricing theory by considering conditional markets.

problem Analyzing financial markets with conditional information.
method Time consistency properties of dynamic nonlinear expectations applied to super- and subhedging prices.
result Derives a conditional version of the second fundamental theorem of asset pricing.

Paper optimizes trading strategies by creating shadow prices for markets with transaction costs.

problem Optimizing trading strategies in markets with transaction costs.
method Developed shadow prices to simplify optimization into a frictionless market, considering second-order transaction costs.
result Alternative strategies outperform shadow prices for risk aversion different from one.

Study shows how macroeconomic news affects intraday price and order flow dynamics.

problem Understanding how macroeconomic news impacts intraday price and order flow dynamics.
method Structural VAR model identified through heteroskedasticity, estimated at one-second frequency for each 15-minute interval.
result Macroeconomic news announcements reshape price-flow dynamics, with significant impacts on price and flow impacts at the one-second horizon.

A new method for pricing options with stochastic volatility and jumps.

problem Pricing options under stochastic volatility and jumps.
method Fourth-order compact finite-difference scheme with implicit-explicit Crank-Nicolson framework.
result The method achieves near-fourth-order spatial accuracy and up to two orders of magnitude lower runtime than quadratic finite elements.

Study compares two factor models for electricity spot prices across different periods.

problem Analyzing performance of factor models for electricity spot prices in various time periods.
method Developed a Markov Chain Monte Carlo method for model calibration and used simulations and posterior predictive checks for evaluation.
result 4-factor model outperforms 3-factor model in non-crisis times, but not in crises.

We develop a version of the fundamental theorem of asset pricing for discrete-time markets with proportional transaction costs and model uncertainty. A robust notion of no-arbitrage of the second kind is defined and shown to be equivalent to the existence of a collection of strictly consistent price systems.

2014-08-23abs ↗pdf ↗

Study near-maturity convergence rates of American put prices in Lévy models.

problem Analyzing convergence rates of optimal exercise prices in Lévy models.
method Examined two settings: jumps of unbounded and bounded variation, deriving near-maturity expansions.
result Near-maturity convergence rate of optimal exercise price is of order √(T-t).

Investigates optimal execution under time-varying liquidity, preventing price manipulation.

problem Optimal execution with time-varying liquidity impacts and price manipulation prevention.
method Almgren-Chriss framework, deterministic time variation, well-posedness, second-order conditions, price manipulation prevention.
result Sufficient conditions for a unique solution and prevention of price manipulation.

Recent progress in the development of efficient computational algorithms to price financial derivatives is summarized. A first algorithm is based on a path integral approach to option pricing, while a second algorithm makes use of a neural network parameterization of option prices. The accuracy of the two methods is es…

2002-11-13abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper introduces second-order Esscher densities for continuous-time models.

problem Modeling continuous-time market models with second-order Esscher densities.
method Introduced linear and exponential classes of second-order Esscher densities, characterized using semimartingale characteristics and pointwise equations.
result Characterized the relationship between linear and exponential classes for one-dimensional case and showed their connection in compound Poisson and jump-diffusion models.

In two previous papers the author developed a second-order price adjustment (tâtonnement) process. This paper extends the approach to include both quantity and price adjustments. We demonstrate three results: a analogue to physical energy, called "activity" arises naturally in the model, and is not conserved in general…

2012-04-14abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper explores arbitrage opportunities in derivative markets under specific conditions.

problem Arbitrage opportunities in derivative markets under different conditions.
method Analyzes the relationship between pricing kernel monotonicity and stochastic arbitrage opportunities.
result Pricing kernel nonmonotonicity is equivalent to stochastic arbitrage opportunities under adequacy.

A new RL approach optimizes reserve prices in multi-phase auctions, reducing revenue regret.

problem Optimizing reserve prices in multi-phase second-price auctions with noisy and potentially untruthful bidders.
method Combines RL techniques with buffer periods, a novel algorithm, and LSVI-UCB extension.
result Achieves optimal revenue regret under known and unknown noise conditions.

This paper proposes a novel model of financial prices where: (i) prices are discrete; (ii) prices change in continuous time; (iii) a high proportion of price changes are reversed in a fraction of a second. Our model is analytically tractable and directly formulated in terms of the calendar time and price impact curve. …

2014-10-27abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper presents a new asymptotic expansion method for pricing continuously monitoring barrier options. In particular, we develops a semi-group expansion scheme for the Cauchy-Dirichlet problem in the second-order parabolic partial differential equations (PDEs) arising in barrier option pricing. As an application, w…

2012-02-14abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper we propose a closed-form approximation for the price of basket options under a multivariate Black-Scholes model, based on Taylor expansions and the calculation of mixed exponential-power moments of a Gaussian distribution. Our numerical results show that a second order expansion provides accurate prices o…

2014-04-11abs ↗pdf ↗

This article presents a proof of the existence of Bertrand-Nash equilibrium prices with multi-product firms and under the Logit model of demand that does not rely on restrictive assumptions on product characteristics, firm homogeneity or symmetry, product costs, or linearity of the utility function. The proof is based …

2010-12-28abs ↗pdf ↗

Assuming that price of the underlying stock is moving in range bound, the Black-Scholes formula for options pricing supports a separation of variables. The resulting time-independent equation is solved employing different behavior of the option price function and three significant results are deduced. The first is the …

2013-04-25abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper proposes a new method to forecast winning prices in real-time bidding.

problem Accurately forecasting winning prices in real-time bidding with limited data.
method The paper introduces a heteroscedastic fully parametric censored regression approach and a mixture density censored network.
result The proposed method significantly improves winning price forecasting compared to existing methods.

Study learns optimal bidding strategy in auctions with dynamic values and aggregated feedback.

problem Optimizing bidding in auctions with time-dependent values and limited feedback.
method Combines plug-in estimators with differential-equation characterization of optimal policy.
result Achieves near optimal regret bounds for learning optimal policy.