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IV. The Pricing Kernel and Option Pricing
Xiaoquan Liu
Department of Statistics and FinanceUniversity of Science and Technology of China
Spring 2011
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Outline
What is a pricing kernel?
Liu, Shackleton, Taylor, and Xu (2009)
Kuo, Liu, and Coakley (2010)
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Option pricing
in general we have
c(K) = erTEQ[(ST K)+]
= erT
0
(x K)+fQ(x)dx
= erT
0(x K)+
fQ(
x)fP(x)fP(x)dx
=
0
(x K)+m(x)fP(x)dx
= EP[m(ST)(ST K)+]
the pricing kernel, also called the stochastic discount factor, is the randomvariable m(ST)
m(x) = erTfQ(x)
fP(x)
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A representative agent
In a general equilibrium, assume a representative agent faces the problem ofmaximizing expected utility over consumption, given budget constraint andmarket clearing conditions,
maxEt[j=0
ju(ct+j)]
where ct+j is consumption at time t+ j and is a time discount factor
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Representative agents problem
If we simplify the problem to a single period from t to t+ 1, the problem is
max
u(ct) + Et[u(ct+1)]
subject to
ct = et pt
ct+1 = et+1 + xt+1
where
: the holding of the asset by the agent
e: the original consumption level if nothing is tradedp: price of the asset
x: payoff of the asset
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Solving the problem
Forming a Lagrangian
L = u(ct) + Et[u(ct+1)] + t(et ct pt) + t+1(et+1 ct+1 + xt+1)
taking the first order conditions,
L
ct= 0 u(ct) t = 0
L
ct+1= 0 Et[u
(ct+1)] t+1 = 0
L
= 0 tpt + t+1xt+1 = 0
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The pricing kernel
simplify to get
ptu(ct) = Et[u
(ct+1)xt+1]
pt = Et
u(ct+1)
u(ct)xt+1
so the pricing kernel can also be written as
mt+1 = u(ct+1)
u(ct)
in discrete we have the relationship
s = s(1 + rF)u(c1s)
u(c0)
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The pricing kernel
the basic pricing formula for all assets is
pt = Et[mt+1xt+1]
or simplyE[mR] = 1
the pricing kernel must be positive
it must be downward sloping
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Kuo, Liu, and Coakley (2010)
specify functional form for the pricing kernel for LIBOR futures options
follows the intertemporal CAPM of Merton (1973) and makes use of statevariables, which are economic variables whose innovations can forecast futurereturns
sample period is from 2000.01 to 2008.2, monthly frequency
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Kuo, Liu, and Coakley (2010): Methodology
Test the following two functional forms with GMM
A power function of returns on wealth and an exponential function of the sv
m = c0(1 + RW)ec1r+c2+c3
with moment condition
E[c0(1 + RW)ec1r+c2+c3(1 + Ri,t+1)|It] = 1
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Kuo, Liu, and Coakley (2010): Methodology
A sum of orthogonal Chebyshev polynomials in wealth and an exponentialfunction of the sv (Chapman (1997) and Rosenberg and Engle (2002))
m = (RW)ec1r+c2+c3
(RW) = 0C0(1 + RW) +
nk=1
kCk(1 + RW)
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To Recap
the pricing kernel contains information essential for asset pricing E(mR) = 1
it can be derived as the ratio between RND and physical distribution, henceintimate relation between the pricing kernel, RND, and physical distribution
alternatively, we can assume specific functional forms that contains ameasure for investor risk aversion
using econometric method, we can estimate a pricing kernel that conforms toeconomic theory by being everywhere positive and monotonically downwardslopingh
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Empirical Pricing Kernels for FTSE 100 Index Options from 1993.07 to 2003.12
0
1
2
3
0.9 0.95 1 1.05 1.1
X/F
MLN/Historical GB2/Historical
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FIGURE 1. Market-related component of the pricing kernels estimated by the GMM
The pricing kernels are either with real interest rate (1 sv), with real interest rate and maximum Sharpe ratio (2 sv), or with real interest rate,
maximum Sharpe ratio, and volatility (3 sv), where sv stands for state variables.
0.9 0.95 1 1.05 1.1
0.8
0.85
0.9
0.95
1
1.05
1.1
1.15
1.2
1.25
1.3
1.35
Market return
Isoelastic form
1 sv
2 sv
3 sv
0.9 0.95 1 1.05 1.120
15
10
5
0
5
10
15
Market return
3term polynomial form
1 sv
2 sv
3 sv
0.9 0.95 1 1.05 1.120
15
10
5
0
5
10
15
20
Market return
4term polynomial form
1 sv
2 sv
3 sv
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FIGURE 2. Market-related component of the pricing kernels estimated by minimizing the second HJ distance
The pricing kernels are either with real interest rate (1 sv), with real interest rate and maximum Sharpe ratio (2 sv), or with real interest rate,
maximum Sharpe ratio, and volatility (3 sv), where sv stands for state variables.
0.95 1 1.050.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
1
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.6
Market return
Isoelastic form
1 sv
2 sv
3 sv
0.95 1 1.050
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
Market return
3term polynomial form
1 sv
2 sv
3 sv
0.95 1 1.050
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
Market return
4term polynomial form
1 sv
2 sv
3 sv42