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Exact Pricing and Hedging Formulas of Long Dated Variance Swaps under a $3/2$ Volatility Model
This paper investigates the pricing and hedging of variance swaps under a $3/2$ volatility model. Explicit pricing and hedging formulas of variance swaps are obtained under the benchmark approach, which only requires the existence of the num\'{e}raire ...
Chan, Leunglung, Platen, Eckhard
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Debt swaps for financing education: Exploration of new funding resources
As an innovative financial mechanism to explore additional funds for social development programs in developing countries, debt swaps for development, including debt-for-education swaps, became popular between the 1980s and 2000s.
Hiroshi Ito +2 more
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Contract Mechanism of “Debt-for-Nature” Exchange
The article analyzes “Debt-for-Nature Swaps” concluded by the states of North America, Latin America, Europe, Africa and Southeast Asia. The characteristic features of three types of “Debt-for-Nature Swaps” ‒ commercial or three-party, bilateral and ...
E. R. Basyrova, M. N. Kopylov
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ABSTRACT Background Oral mucositis is a common and debilitating side effect of childhood cancer and stem cell transplant treatments. It affects the quality of life of children and young people (CYP) and places a strain on services. Photobiomodulation is recommended for oral mucositis prevention in international guidance but is poorly implemented in UK ...
Claudia Heggie +4 more
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Hedging strategies and minimal variance portfolios for European and exotic options in a Levy market [PDF]
This paper presents hedging strategies for European and exotic options in a Levy market. By applying Taylor's Theorem, dynamic hedging portfolios are con- structed under different market assumptions, such as the existence of power jump assets or moment ...
Olhede, Sofia +2 more
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ABSTRACT Background and Aims Wilms tumour (WT) has excellent event‐free and overall survival (OS). However, small differences exist between countries participating in the same international study. This led us to examine variation in adherence to protocol recommendations as a potential contributing factor.
Suzanne Tugnait +23 more
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ABSTRACT Purpose Although not always achieved, complete chemotherapy‐induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) control is the conventional goal of CINV prophylaxis. In this two‐center, mixed‐methods study, we sought to understand the preferences of adolescent patients and family caregivers for CINV control endpoints.
Haley Newman +8 more
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ABSTRACT Background PIK3CA‐related overgrowth spectrum (PROS) includes several rare overgrowth disorders resulting from somatic gain‐of‐function mutations in PIK3CA. Despite treatment advances, including the recent approval of alpelisib for PROS in the United States, literature detailing the patient experience with PROS is limited.
Vamsi Bollu +8 more
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On the pricing and hedging of volatility derivatives [PDF]
We consider the pricing of a range of volatility derivatives, including volatility and variance swaps and swaptions. Under risk-neutral valuation we provide closed-form formulae for volatility-average and variance swaps for a variety of diffusion and ...
Howison, Sam +2 more
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