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Derivatives
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Derivatives
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Academic year 2013/2014
- Course ID
- ECO0207
- Teacher
- Elisa Luciano (Titolare del corso)
- Degree course
- Percorso generico
- Year
- 2° anno
- Teaching period
- Primo semestre
- Type
- Di base
- Credits/Recognition
- 9
- Course disciplinary sector (SSD)
- SECS-P/06 - economia applicata
- Delivery
- Tradizionale
- Language
- Inglese
- Attendance
- Facoltativa
- Type of examination
- Orale
- Examination methods
- solo scritto durata h 2
- Prerequisites
- Asset Pricing and Portfolio Choice
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Sommario del corso
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Course objectives
The course aims at presenting the main valuation and hedging techniques for derivatives, mainly futures and options. It covers both derivatives traded in regulated markets and OTC ones; special emphasis is given to counterparty risk.
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Results of learning outcomes
Students are expected to understand - and be able to apply - the main principles of derivatives valuation and hedging. Lab sessions (Excel based) are included
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Learning assessment methods
solo scritto
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Program
First part: from Financial Economics to Financial Mathematics
- The portfolio problem
- Absence of arbitrage and equilibrium
- Valuation in complete and incomplete markets
- Arrow Debreu prices
- Kernels
- Risk neutral Probabilities
- Fundamental pricing Theorem
- Its use for derivative assets
Second part: applications (theory and computer lab):
- Futures
- European Options:
- Pricing, Black Scholes
- Hedging: naked and covered positions, stop-loss strategies, delta and gamma hedging in discrete and continuous time
- Hedging errors and valuation of hedging strategies
2. Counterparty risk
Suggested readings and bibliography
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Students are expected to be familiar with the topics covered in
Calcolo finanziario. Temi di base e temi moderni, with M. D’Amico and L. Peccati, EGEA, Milano, 2010 (reprinted 2011).
The textbook is
Jarrow, R:, Turnbull, S., Derivative Securities, South Western Publishing, 1996 (1st ed.) or 1999 (2nd edition): http://www.amazon.com/Derivative-Securities-Robert-Jarrow/dp/0538877405
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Note
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