An Extreme Value Approach to Estimating Interest-Rate Volatility: Pricing Implications for Interest-Rate Options

  • Turan G. Bali

    Department of Economics and Finance, Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, City University of New York, One Bernard Baruch Way, Box 10-225, New York, New York 10010 and Department of Finance, College of Administrative Sciences and Economics, Koç University, Fener Yolu Caddesi, Sariyer 80910, Istanbul, Turkey

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Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.1060.0628

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