1. Learning from Currency Option Markets: An Overview / Zhaohui Chen -- 2. An Introduction to Option Pricing Theory / Peter G. Zhang -- 3. An Introduction to Currency Option Markets / Allan M. Malz -- 4. The Implied Volatility in Prices of Foreign Currency Options / Louis O. Scott -- 5. Learning from the Term Structure of Implied Volatility in Foreign Exchange Options / Jose Manuel Campa and P.H. Kevin Chang -- 6. Options and the Currency Risk Premium / Richard K. Lyons -- 7. Option Prices and the Probability Distribution of Exchange Rates / Allan M. Malz -- 8. The ERM Realignment Probabilities: Estimates Using Option Prices / Allan M. Malz -- 9. Options on Exchange Rates in Target Zones / Jose Manuel Campa and P.H. Kevin Chang -- 10. Inferring Market Expectations Using Currency Option Price and Volume Data / Zhaohui Chen and Charles A.E. Goodhart.
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This volume is a collection of classical and recent empirical studies of currency options and their implications for issues of exchange rate economics, such as exchange rate risk premium, volatility, market expectations, and credibility of exchange rate regimes. It contains applications on how to extract useful information from option market data for financial forecasting policy purposes. The subjects are discussed in a self-contained, user-friendly format, with introductory chapters on currency option theory and currency option markets. The book can be used as supplementary reading for graduate finance and international economics courses, as training material for central bank and regulatory authorities, or as a reference book for financial analysts.
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Title
Currency options and exchange rate economics.
International Standard Book Number
9810226195
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Foreign exchange rates.
Options (Finance)
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Investments & Securities-- General.