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The Laplace transform of the integrated Volterra Wishart process

  • Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris 1)

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Abstract

We establish an explicit expression for the conditional Laplace transform of the integrated Volterra Wishart process in terms of a certain resolvent of the covariance function. The core ingredient is the derivation of the conditional Laplace transform of general Gaussian processes in terms of Fredholm's determinant and resolvent. Furthermore, we link the characteristic exponents to a system of non-standard infinite dimensional matrix Riccati equations. This leads to a second representation of the Laplace transform for a special case of convolution kernel. In practice, we show that both representations can be approximated by either closed form solutions of conventional Wishart distributions or finite dimensional matrix Riccati equations stemming from conventional linear-quadratic models. This allows fast pricing in a variety of highly flexible models, ranging from bond pricing in quadratic short rate models with rich autocorrelation structures, long range dependence and possible default risk, to pricing basket options with covariance risk in multivariate rough volatility models.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)309-348
Number of pages40
JournalMathematical Finance
Volume32
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2022
Externally publishedYes

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