CIRJE-F-824 "An Asymptotic Expansion with Push-Down of Malliavin Weights"
Author Name Takahashi, Akihiko and Toshihiro Yamada
Date November 2011
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Remarks   Rervised version of CIRJE-F-695 (2009); revised in February 2012; forthcoming in SIAM Journal on Financial Mathematics.
Abstract

This paper derives asymptotic expansion formulas for option prices and implied volatilities as well as the density of the underlying asset price in multi-dimensional stochastic volatility models. In particular, the integration-byparts formula in Malliavin calculus and the push-down of Malliavin weights are effectively applied. We provide an expansion formula for generalized Wiener functionals and closed-form approximation formulas in stochastic volatility environment. In addition, we present applications of the general formula to expansions of option prices for the shifted log-normal model with stochastic volatility. Moreover, with some results of Malliavin calculus in jump-type models, we derive an approximation formula for the jump-diffusion model in stochastic volatility environment. Some numerical examples are also shown.