Index

Index of Pricing and Hedging of Derivative Securities. By Lars Tyge Nielsen. Textbook in continuous-time finance theory. Oxford University Press, 1999.

 

absolutely continuous measure, 359 
adapted process, 15 
adjusted local convergence in mean, 232 
admissible trading strategy, 146 
almost everywhere, 339 
almost everywhere identical processes, 3 
almost everywhere measurable, 339 
almost simple trading strategy, 126 
almost surely, 339 
arbitrage strategy, 145 
Arnold, L., 36-38, 42, 43, 49-51, 89 
Arrow, K. J., 297 
asset-or-nothing call option, 211 
asset-or-nothing put option, 214 
associativity of the product measure, 327 
augmented sigma-algebra, 327 
    generated 
       by a class of subsets, 327 
autoregressive process, 111
 

Ball, C. A., 96, 115, 139, 144, 159 
Ball-Torous model, 96, 139, 144 
Baxter, M., 90 
Bensoussan, A., 160, 162, 194 
Billingsley, P., 6, 50, 317, 326, 329, 331, 332, 338, 339, 341, 343, 346, 348, 350, 353, 355, 359-361, 365, 366, 368 
Black, F., 163, 194, 197, 247, 248 
Black-Scholes formula, 122, 215 
    put option, 225 
Black-Scholes model, 13, 197 
    admissible trading strategies, 147, 154 
    cash-or-nothing call option, 177, 188, 208 
    discounted stock price process, 70 
    doubling strategy, 148 
    price of risk, 143 
    pricing and replication, 122 
    risk-adjusted probabilities, 79 
    securities price processes, 13, 55, 74, 118 
    self-financing trading strategies, 120 
    stock price process, 22 
Black-Scholes PDE 
    solution, 205 
    terminal data 
       adjusted local convergence in mean, 232 
       convergence almost everywhere, 235 
       double convergence, 234 
bond price 
    extended Vasicek model, 292 
    Ho-Lee model, 306 
    Merton model, 281 
    simplified Hull-White model, 303 
    Vasicek model, 256 
Borel sigma-algebra, 329, 336 
Brown, J. V., 248 
Brownian bridge process, 97 
Brownian motion, 5, 10 
    arithmetic, 10 
    correlated, 12 
    generalized, 10 
    geometric, 12 
    standard, 5 
budget constraint, 130 
    instantaneous, 119 
    intertemporal, 119 
buy-and-hold strategy, 120 
 

calibration 
    extended Vasicek model, 298, 300 
    Ho-Lee model, 307, 308 
    simplified Hull-White model, 304, 305 
Cameron, R. H., 90 
Campbell, J. Y., 316 
Cantor’s set, 333 
Carverhill, A., 316 
cash-or-nothing call option, 178, 188, 200, 201, 208 
cash-or-nothing put option, 210 
Cauchy-Schwartz inequality, 368 
Chan, K. C., 257, 316 
Cheng, S. T., 116, 140, 142 
Chung, K. L., 31, 46, 49-51, 54 
Churchill, R. V., 247, 248 
complement of a set, 318 
complete markets theorem, 165, 168, 172, 173, 192 
complete measure space, 327 
conditional Bayes’ rule, 366 
conditional covariance function, 92 
conditional expectation, 365 
conditional Fubini theorem, 366 
conditional integrability, 238 
conditional mean function, 92 
conditionally Gaussian process, 92 
    conditional covariance function, 92 
    conditional mean function, 92 
    one-factor, 103 
conductivity, 370 
Constantinides, G. M., 163, 315 
contingent claim, 166 
    marketed, 166 
    path-independent, 201 
continuous process, 2 
convergence 
    adjusted local, in mean, 232 
    almost everywhere, 235 
    double, 234, 377 
    in Lp, 369 
    in p-norm, 369 
    in probability, 340 
convergence almost everywhere, 235, 378 
countable set, 319 
counting measure, 324 
covariance function, 91 
Cox, J. C., 162 
cumulative distribution function, 341, 342 
cumulative dividend process, 121 
cumulative gains process, 119 
cumulative net withdrawal process, 121 

 

de Pinto, I., 247 
Debreu, G., 163 
decreasing function, 338 
delivery price, 220, 250 
delta, 177 
    asset-or-nothing call option, 213 
    asset-or-nothing put option, 214 
    cash-or-nothing call option, 181 
    cash-or-nothing put option, 210 
    path-independent claim, 206 
    standard call option, 217 
    standard put option, 226 
delta function, 177 
    path-independent claim, 206 
delta hedging, 168 
density, 358 
    normal distribution, 181, 203, 372 
density process, 185 
deterministic integrand, 93, 94 
DiBenedetto, E., 371, 377, 384, 385, 387 
diffusion kernel, 373 
discount bond, 249 
discrete trading dates, 125 
dispersion, 53 
    percentage, 74 
    relative, 74 
distribution function, 341, 342 
dominated convergence theorem, 350 
Dothan, M. U., 162, 247 
double convergence, 234, 377 
doubling strategy, 145, 148 
drift, 53 
    percentage, 74 
    relative, 74 
Duffie, D., 161, 163, 164, 195 
Dybvig, P. H., 164 
dynamic hedging, 168 
dynamically complete markets, 172 
Dynkin, E., 340 

 

Einstein, A., 50 
elastic random walk, 116 
elasticity, 207 
equivalent measures, 360 
essential supremum, 367 
eta, 207 
    standard call option, 221 
    standard put option, 227 
Ethier, S. N., 49, 367 
event, 323 
exercise price 
    standard call option, 122, 214 
    standard put option, 225 
expectation, 350 
expected value, 350 
extended real line, 329 
extended real numbers, 329 
extended Vasicek model, 291 

 

Fatou’s lemma, 350 
Feynman, R. P., 388 
Feynman-Kac formula, 388 
Feynman-Kac theorem, 388 
filtration, 14 
    augmented, 15 
       generated by a process, 15 
    right-continuous, 45 
forward contract, 220, 250 
forward price, 250 
forward rate, 252 
    extended Vasicek model, 294 
    Ho-Lee model, 307 
    Merton model, 284 
    simplified Hull-White model, 303 
    Vasicek model, 264 
forward rate risk premium, 265 
    extended Vasicek model, 295 
    Ho-Lee model, 307 
    Merton model, 286 
    simplified Hull-White model, 303 
    Vasicek model, 265 
forward yield, 251 
Friedman, A., 49, 50 
Fubini’s theorem, 357 
fundamental solution, 203, 373, 379 
fundamental theorem of calculus, 361 

 

gamma, 206 
    path-independent claim, 206 
    standard call option, 218 
    standard put option, 227 
gamma function, 206 
Gaussian, 373 
Gaussian process, 91, 106 
    covariance function, 91 
    mean function, 91 
Gaussian random variables, 344 
general Hull-White model, 291 
Gihman, I. I., 50 
Girsanov’s theorem, 78 
Girsanov, I. V., 90 
Green’s function, 373 
growth condition, 203, 236, 373, 378 
    polynomial, 203, 236 

 

Holder inequality, 368 
Hansen, L., 163 
Harrison, J. M., 50, 89, 125, 126, 160-164, 194, 248 
He, H., 163 
heat equation, 370 
    diffusion kernel, 373 
    fundamental solution, 203, 373, 379 
    Gaussian, 373 
    Green’s function, 373 
    initial data 
       convergence almost everywhere, 235, 378 
       double convergence, 377 
       local convergence in mean, 231, 377 
    martingale solution, 372, 376 
    propagator, 373 
    solution, 230, 370 
    source function, 373 
Heath, D., 90, 271, 287, 297 
hedging strategy, 168 
history of the world, 318 
Ho, T., 316 
Ho-Lee model, 291, 305 
Huang, C., 161, 162, 164 
Hull, J. C., 316 

 

identification of processes, 26 
increasing function, 338 
increment correlation coefficient, 12 
increment covariance matrix, 11, 21 
increment mean, 11, 21 
independent processes, 4 
indicator function, 334 
indistinguishable processes, 3 
induced sigma-algebra, 336 
infimum, 347 
information structure, 14 
inherited sigma-algebra, 336 
initial data 
    convergence almost everywhere, 235, 378 
    double convergence, 377 
    local convergence in mean, 231, 377 
instantaneous budget constraint, 119 
instantaneous covariance matrix, 43, 53 
instantaneous foreign exchange risk, 153 
instantaneous forward rate, 252 
integrability, 348 
    above, 348 
    below, 348 
    conditional, 238 
    local, 362 
    with respect to p, 238, 383 
integrable function, 348 
integrable process, 16 
integral, 348 
integration by parts, 70 
interest rate, 130 
intertemporal budget constraint, 119 
Ito, K., 89 
Ito process, 52 
    positive, 73 
    uniqueness of coefficients, 60 
Ito’s formula 
    heuristic multiplication rules, 65 
    logarithmic transformation, 57 
    product, 67 
    ratio, 69 
    Taylor expansion interpretation, 67 
    time-dependent, 59 
Ito’s lemma, 54 
iterated logarithm, 7 

 

Jagannathan, R., 163 
Jamshidian, F., 316 
Jarrow, R. A., 61, 90, 160, 161, 271, 287, 297 
Jensen’s inequality, 274, 353 

 

Kac, M., 388 
kappa, 222 
Karatzas, I., 7, 8, 21, 44, 49-51, 78, 160, 162, 164, 195, 247, 377, 387, 388 
Karolyi, G. A., 257 
Kreps, D. M., 125, 162, 163, 248 
Kurtz, T. G., 49, 367 

lambda, 207 
Langevin equation, 116 
law of large numbers for Brownian motion, 8 
law of the iterated logarithm, 7 
Lebesgue integral, 348 
Lebesgue measurable sets, 332 
Lebesgue measure, 331 
Lee, S., 316 
left-continuous process, 2 
Lehoczky, J., 162, 164 
Liapounov inequality, 368 
likelihood process, 185 
limit inferior, 349 
Liptser, R. S., 21, 31, 36-38, 42, 43, 45, 49, 50, 77 
Lo, A. W., 316 
local convergence in mean, 231, 377 
local integrability, 362 
locally integrable function, 362 
lognormal distribution, 84 
    truncated, 84 
Longstaff, F. A., 257 
lower bound, 347 

 

MacKinlay, A. C., 316 
Madan, D., 61, 90, 160, 161 
Markovian process, 106 
Martin, W. T., 90 
martingale, 16 
martingale method, 166 
martingale representation theorem, 44 
martingale solution, 372, 376 
martingale value, 166 
maturity 
    forward contract, 250 
    zero-coupon bond, 249 
McKean, H. P., 89 
mean, 350 
mean function, 91 
mean reversion, 108 
measurable 
    mapping, 334, 336 
    process, 15 
    set, 319 
    space, 319 
measure, 323 
measure space, 323 
    complete, 327 
    completion of, 328 
    sigma-finite, 326 
Merton, R. C., 160, 162, 248, 316 
Merton model, 280 
modification, 3 
money market account, 13, 131 
monotone convergence theorem, 349 
Morton, A., 90, 271, 287, 297 
Mueller, S. M., 61, 161 

 

Nielsen, L. T., 247 
norm 
    Lp-norm, 367 
Novikov condition, 77 
null set, 327 
numeraire, 121 

 

open set, 330 
optional process, 45 
optional sigma-algebra, 45 
Ornstein, L. S., 116 
Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process, 108 

 

Paley, R. E., 90 
partition, 320 
Pearson, N. D., 163 
percentage dispersion, 74, 137 
percentage drift, 74, 137 
percentage standard deviation, 74 
Pliska, S., 89, 125, 126, 160, 161, 163, 164, 194 
Pratt, J. W., 297 
predictable process, 45 
predictable sigma-algebra, 45 
previsible process, 44 
price process, 118 
    normalized, 121 
prices of risk, 130 
    minimal, 134, 136 
pricing kernel, 130 
probability distribution, 339 
probability measure, 323 
probability space, 323 
process, 2 
    adapted, 15 
    autoregressive, 111 
    conditionally Gaussian, 92 
       one-factor, 103 
    continuous, 2 
    Gaussian, 91, 106 
    integrable, 16 
    Ito, 52 
    left-continuous, 2 
    Markovian, 106 
    measurable, 15 
    optional, 45 
    Ornstein-Uhlenbeck, 108 
    predictable, 45 
    progressive, 45 
    progressively measurable, 45 
    right-continuous, 2 
    simple, 32 
    square integrable, 20 
    stationary, 113 
    stochastic integral, 36 
    time integral, 31 
    Wiener, 17 
processes 
    almost everywhere identical, 3, 26 
    identification, 26 
    independent, 4 
    indistinguishable, 3, 26 
    modifications, 3, 26 
    stochastically equivalent, 3, 26 
    versions, 3, 26 
product measure, 326 
    associativity, 327 
product sigma-algebra, 321 
progressive process, 45 
progressive sigma-algebra, 45 
progressively measurable process, 45 
propagator, 373 
pull-to-par, 258, 293 
put-call parity 
    asset-or-nothing options, 214 
    cash-or-nothing options, 210 
    standard options, 225 
 

Radon-Nikodym theorem, 360 
random variable, 339 
random vector, 339 
rate of appreciation 
    instantaneous expectation, 153 
rate of return 
    instantaneous dispersion, 137 
    instantaneous expectation, 137 
rectangle, 328 
relative dispersion, 74, 137 
relative drift, 74, 137 
relative standard deviation, 74 
replicating trading strategy, 166, 175 
replication, 166, 175 
rho 
    standard call option, 224 
    standard put option, 228 
right-continuous process, 2 
risk-adjusted dynamics as primitives, 261 
risk-adjusted probability measure, 185 
risk-adjusted Wiener process, 187 
Rogers, L. C. G., 44, 116, 316 
Royden, H. L., 332 
 

sample matrix, 91 
sample path, 2 
sample vector, 91 
Samuelson, P. A., 50 
Sanders, A., 257 
Scholes, M., 163, 194, 197, 247, 248 
self-financing arbitrage strategy, 145 
self-financing trading strategy, 119 
semi-martingale, 44 
sequence, 319 
Shiryayev, A. N., 21, 31, 36-38, 42, 43, 45, 49, 50, 77 
Shreve, S. E., 7, 8, 21, 44, 49-51, 78, 162, 164, 247, 377, 387, 388 
sigma-algebra, 317 
    augmented, 327 
    generated 
       by a class of subsets, 319 
       by a mapping, 335 
       by a set of mappings, 335 
    induced, 336 
    inherited, 336 
    optional, 45 
    predictable, 45 
    progressive, 45 
sigma-field, 317 
simple function, 347 
simple process, 32 
simple trading strategy, 126 
simplified Hull-White model, 291, 301 
Skorohod, A. V., 50 
solution, 230, 370 
    of the Black-Scholes PDE, 205 
       conditionally integrable, 239 
       non-negative, 239, 241 
    of the heat equation, 230, 370 
       integrable with respect to p, 383 
       non-negative, 383 
source function, 373 
speed of adjustment, 108 
square integrable process, 20 
squared volatility, 74 
stable class of sets, 359 
standard call option, 122, 214 
standard put option, 225 
state of the world, 318 
state price process, 130, 182 
    as a primitive, 182 
    minimal, 134, 136 
stationary process, 113 
stochastic exponential, 73 
stochastic independence 
    of events, 342 
    of random vectors, 343 
stochastic integral, 36, 61 
    deterministic integrand, 93, 94 
    simple process, 34 
stochastic process, 2 
stochastically equivalent processes, 3 
Strauss, W. A., 373 
subsequence, 340 
suicide strategy, 164 
supermartingale, 76 
supremum, 347 
symmetric difference, 327 
 

Taylor, M. E., 388 
term structure of interest rates, 250 
terminal data 
    adjusted local convergence in mean, 232 
    convergence almost everywhere, 235 
    double convergence, 234 
theta, 206 
    path-independent claim, 206 
    standard call option, 223 
    standard put option, 228 
theta function, 206 
time integral process, 31 
Tonelli’s theorem, 354 
Torous, W. N., 96, 115, 139, 144, 159 
trading strategy, 119 
    admissible, 146 
    almost simple, 126 
    arbitrage, 145 
    buy-and-hold, 120 
    hedging, 168 
    replicating, 166, 175 
    self-financing, 119 
    simple, 126 
trigger price 
    asset-or-nothing call option, 211 
    asset-or-nothing put option, 214 
    cash-or-nothing call option, 178 
    cash-or-nothing put option, 210 
Tychonoff uniqueness theorem, 387, 388 
Tychonoff, A. N., 387 
 

Uhlenbeck, G. E., 116 
unit of account, 152 
upper bound, 347 
 

value function, 204 
value process, 119, 166 
    path-independent, 201 
Vasicek, O., 116, 142, 315 
Vasicek model, 253 
vega, 221 
    standard call option, 221 
    standard put option, 227 
version, 3 
volatility, 56, 74 
 

White, A., 316 
Widder uniqueness theorem, 387 
Widder, D. V., 377, 387, 388 
Wiener process, 17 
    correlated, 22 
    generalized, 21 
    standard, 21 
Wiener, N., 50, 90 
Williams, D., 44 
Williams, R. J., 31, 46, 49-51, 54 
with probability one, 339 
 

yield, 250 
    extended Vasicek model, 298 
    Ho-Lee model, 308 
    Merton model, 287 
    simplified Hull-White model, 304 
    Vasicek model, 272 
yield curve, 250 
yield risk premium, 273 
    extended Vasicek model, 299 
    Ho-Lee model, 308 
    Merton model, 289 
    simplified Hull-White model, 304 
    Vasicek model, 273 
Yushkevich, A., 340 
 

Zame, W., 161 
zero-coupon bond, 96, 249 
    yield, 250 
Zygmund, A., 90 

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