Modeling and Pricing of Variance and Volatility Swaps for Local Semi-Markov Volatilities in Financial Engineering

We consider a semi-Markov modulated security market consisting of a riskless asset or bond with constant interest rate and risky asset or stock, whose dynamics follow gemoetric Brownian motion with volatility that depends on semi-Markov process. Two cases for semi-Markov volatilities are studied: lo...

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Main Authors: Anatoliy Swishchuk, Raimondo Manca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2010-01-01
Series:Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/537571