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title: Volatility Risk Pricing
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4785760/
site: ML-Quant (https://www.ml-quant.com)
updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
index: https://www.ml-quant.com/llms.txt
identifier: SSRN 4785760
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4785760
featured: 2024-04-10
citations: unknown
topic: Derivatives & Volatility
---


# Volatility Risk Pricing

The paper recommends using variance-dependent pricing kernels for option valuation, as they resolve anomalies, fit options well, and provide accurate estimates of equity and variance risk premiums.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4785760
- Identifier: SSRN 4785760
- Released: 2022-02-08
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 44 (2024-04-10): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2024-04-10/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Derivatives & Volatility

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