Kris Jacobs

joint seminars
big data and econometrics seminar
finance seminar

Kris Jacobs

University of Houston
Fast filtering with large option panels: Implications for asset pricing
Joint with
Arnaud Dufays, Yuguo Liu, Jeroen Rombouts
Venue

IBD Salle 21

Îlot Bernard du Bois - Salle 21

AMU - AMSE
5-9 boulevard Maurice Bourdet
13001 Marseille

Date(s)
Tuesday, May 31 2022| 2:00pm to 3:30pm
Contact(s)

Michel Lubrano: michel.lubrano[at]univ-amu.fr
Pierre Michel: pierre.michel[at]univ-amu.fr

Abstract

The cross-section of options holds great promise for identifying return distributions and risk premiums, but estimating dynamic option valuation models with latent state
variables is challenging when using large option panels. We propose a particle MCMC framework with a novel ltering approach and illustrate our method by estimating
workhorse index option pricing models. Estimates of the variance risk premium, variance mean reversion, and higher moments differ from the literature. We show that
these differences are due to the composition of the option sample. Restrictions on the option sample's maturity dimension have the strongest impact on parameter inference
in these models.