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Static hedging and model risk for barrier options

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  • Morten Nalholm
  • Rolf Poulsen

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The article investigates how sensitive different dynamic and static hedge strategies for barrier options are to model risk. It is found that using plain‐vanilla options to hedge offers considerable improvements over usual Δ hedges. Further, it is shown that the hedge portfolios involving options are relatively more sensitive to model risk, but that the degree of misspecification sensitivity is robust across commonly used models. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Jrl Fut Mark 26:449–463, 2006

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  • Morten Nalholm & Rolf Poulsen, 2006. "Static hedging and model risk for barrier options," Journal of Futures Markets, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 26(5), pages 449-463, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:jfutmk:v:26:y:2006:i:5:p:449-463
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