Yes, Libor Models can capture Interest Rate Derivatives Skew: A Simple Modelling Approach

Eymen Errais () and Fabio Mercurio
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Eymen Errais: Managment Science and Engineering Stanford University

No 192, Computing in Economics and Finance 2005 from Society for Computational Economics

Abstract: We introduce a simple extension of a shifted geometric Brownian motion for modelling forward LIBOR rates under their canonical measures. The extension is based on a parameter uncertainty modelled through a random variable whose value is drawn at an in¯nitesimal time after zero. The shift in the proposed model captures the skew commonly seen in the cap market, whereas the uncertain volatility component allows us to obtain more symmetric implied volatility structures. We show how this model can be calibrated to cap prices. We also propose an analytical approximated formula to price swaptions from the cap calibrated model. Finally, we build the bridge between caps and swaptions market by calibrating the correlation structure to swaption prices, and analysing some implications of the calibrated model parameters

Keywords: Libor Models; Volatility Skew; Interest Rate Derivatives (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C6 G12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005-11-11
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