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Gram–Charlier methods, regime-switching and stochastic volatility in exponential Lévy models

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  • Søren Asmussen
  • Mogens Bladt

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The Gram–Charlier expansion of a target probability density, $ f(x) $ f(x), is an $ L_2 $ L2-convergent series $ f(x)=\sum _0^\infty c_np_n(x)f^*(x) $ f(x)=∑0∞cnpn(x)f∗(x) in terms of a reference density $ f^*(x) $ f∗(x) and its orthonormal polynomials $ p_n(x) $ pn(x). We implement this for the density of a regime-switching Lévy process at a given time horizon T. The main step is the evaluation of moments of all orders of $ f(x) $ f(x) in terms of model primitives, for which we give a matrix-exponential representation. A number of numerical examples, in part involving pricing of European options, are presented. The traditional choice of $ f^*(x) $ f∗(x) as normal with the same mean and variance as $ f(x) $ f(x) only works for the regime-switching Black–Scholes model. Outside the scope of Black–Scholes, $ f^*(x) $ f∗(x) is typically taken as a normal inverse Gaussian. A similar analysis is given for time-changed Lévy processes modelling stochastic volatility.

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  • Søren Asmussen & Mogens Bladt, 2022. "Gram–Charlier methods, regime-switching and stochastic volatility in exponential Lévy models," Quantitative Finance, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 22(4), pages 675-689, April.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:quantf:v:22:y:2022:i:4:p:675-689
    DOI: 10.1080/14697688.2021.1998585
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    1. Søren Asmussen, 2022. "On the role of skewness and kurtosis in tempered stable (CGMY) Lévy models in finance," Finance and Stochastics, Springer, vol. 26(3), pages 383-416, July.
    2. Anita Behme, 2024. "Volatility modeling in a Markovian environment: Two Ornstein-Uhlenbeck-related approaches," Papers 2407.05866, arXiv.org.

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