EXPLICIT FORMULAE FOR PARAMETERS OF STOCHASTIC MODELS OF A DISCOUNTED EQUITY INDEX USING MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION WITH APPLICATIONS

K. Fergusson ()
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K. Fergusson: Centre for Actuarial Studies, University of Melbourne, Carlton VIC 3059, Australia

Annals of Financial Economics (AFE), 2017, vol. 12, issue 02, 1-31

Abstract: A discounted equity index is computed as the ratio of an equity index to the accumulated savings account denominated in the same currency. In this way, discounting provides a natural way of separating the modeling of the short rate from the market price of risk component of the equity index. In this vein, we investigate the applicability of maximum likelihood estimation to stochastic models of a discounted equity index, providing explicit formulae for parameter estimates. We restrict our consideration to two important index models, namely the Black–Scholes model and the minimal market model of Platen, each having an explicit formula for the transition density function. Explicit formulae for estimates of the model parameters and their standard errors are derived and are used in fitting the two models to US data. Further, we demonstrate the effect of the model choice on the no-arbitrage assumption employed in risk neutral pricing.

Keywords: Stochastic short rate; maximum likelihood estimation; Black–Scholes model; squared Bessel process; minimal market model; modified Bessel function of the first kind (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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