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Unspanned Stochastic Volatility: Empirical Evidence and Affine Representation

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  • Pierre Collin-Dufresne
  • Robert Goldstein

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Most models of the term structure are restrictive in that they assume the bond market forms a complete market. That is, they assume all sources of risk affecting fixed income derivatives can be completely hedged by a portfolio consisting solely of bonds. Below, we demonstrate that this prediction fails in practice. In particular, we find that changes in swap rates have very limited explanatory power for returns on at-the-money straddles -- portfolios mainly exposed to volatility risk. We term this empirical feature `unspanned' stochastic volatility (USV). We demonstrate that bivariate Markov (affine such as Fong and Vasicek (1991) and Longstaff and Schwartz (1992), or not) models cannot exhibit USV. Then, we determine necessary (and apparently sufficient) parameter restrictions for trivariate Markov affine systems to exhibit USV. Finally, we show that USV occurs naturally within the Heath-Jarrow-Morton framework.

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  • Pierre Collin-Dufresne & Robert Goldstein, "undated". "Unspanned Stochastic Volatility: Empirical Evidence and Affine Representation," GSIA Working Papers 2001-E9, Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business.
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    1. Radygin, Alexander (Радыгин, Александр) & Akshentceva, Kseniia (Акшенцева, Ксения) & Chernovа, Maria (Чернова, Мария) & Abramov, Alexander (Абрамов, Александр), 2017. "Factors Affecting the Liquidity of Corporate Bonds [Факторы, Влияющие На Ликвидность Корпоративных Облигаций]," Working Papers 041706, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration.

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