Realignment Risk and Currency Option Pricing within a Target Zone

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serval:BIB_DE0B37A48FE9
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Title
Realignment Risk and Currency Option Pricing within a Target Zone
Journal
European Economic Review
Author(s)
Dumas, B., Jennergren, L. P., Naslund, B. 
Publication state
Published
Issued date
1995
Volume
39
Number
8
Pages
1523-1544
Abstract
This paper extends the Krugman target zone model by including a realignment mechanism. Various properties of that realignment mechanism are discussed. The movement of the exchange rate is governed both by a Wiener process on fundamental and by a Poisson jump process with endogenous realignment size. The realignment mechanism is such that (except in cases where a speculative attack occurs) no jump in fundamental is needed to accompany the jump in the exchange rate. A risk neutral valuation of currency options is constructed. Some properties of option values under realignment risk are illustrated by numerical results.
Keywords
Target zones, Realignments, Jump risk, Currency options, Endogenous volatility, Timevarying volatility
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19/11/2007 11:50
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20/08/2019 17:02
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