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Measuring Systematic Risk Using Implicit Beta

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  • Andrew F. Siegel

    (Departments of Management Science, Finance, and Statistics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195)

Abstract

A new technology is proposed for estimating the systematic (beta) risk of a firm's stock. Just as the implicit volatility of an asset is revealed by an ordinary call option, the "implicit beta" of a stock would be revealed by the price of an option to exchange shares of stock for shares of a market index. Considerable benefits would accrue to those involved with the theory and practice of finance, if and when these exchange options begin trading, due to the availability of instantaneous, up-to-the-minute, precise indicators of firms' systematic risk levels.

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  • Andrew F. Siegel, 1995. "Measuring Systematic Risk Using Implicit Beta," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 41(1), pages 124-128, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:ormnsc:v:41:y:1995:i:1:p:124-128
    DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.41.1.124
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    1. Jerry Coakley & George Dotsis & Apostolos Kourtis & Dimitris Psychoyios, 2024. "The S&P 500 index inclusion effect: Evidence from the options market," International Journal of Finance & Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 29(1), pages 1157-1171, January.
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    7. Pasricha, Puneet & He, Xin-Jiang, 2022. "Skew-Brownian motion and pricing European exchange options," International Review of Financial Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 82(C).
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    9. Yoonsik Hong & Yanghoon Kim & Jeonghun Kim & Yongmin Choi, 2022. "Index Tracking via Learning to Predict Market Sensitivities," Papers 2209.00780, arXiv.org, revised Dec 2022.
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    11. Rainer Baule & Olaf Korn & Sven Saßning, 2016. "Which Beta Is Best? On the Information Content of Option†implied Betas," European Financial Management, European Financial Management Association, vol. 22(3), pages 450-483, June.
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    14. Husmann, Sven, 2005. "On Estimating an Asset's Implicit Beta," Discussion Papers 238, European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Department of Business Administration and Economics.
    15. Muradoglu, Gulnur & Zaman, Asad & Orhan, Mehmet, 2003. "Measuring the Systematic Risk of IPO’s Using Empirical Bayes Estimates in the Thinly Traded Istanbul Stock Exchange," MPRA Paper 13879, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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