Empirical pricing kernels obtained from the UK index options market

Shackleton, Mark and Liu, Helena and Taylor, Stephen and Xu, Gary (2009) Empirical pricing kernels obtained from the UK index options market. Applied Economics Letters, 16 (10). pp. 989-993. ISSN 1350-4851

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Abstract

Empirical pricing kernels for the UK equity market are derived as the ratio between risk-neutral densities, inferred from FTSE 100 index options, and historical real-world densities, estimated from time series of the index. The kernels thus obtained are almost compatible with a risk averse representative agent, unlike similar estimates for the US market.