- Black, F., E. Derman & W. Toy ."A One-Factor Model of Interest
Rates and ItsApplication to Treasury Bond Options." Financial Analysts
Journal, (Jan-Feb1990), pp. 33-39.
- Derman, E. & I. Kani. "Riding on a Smile." RISK,
7(2) Feb.1994, pp. 139-145, pp. 32-39.
- Derman, E., D. Ergener & I. Kani. "Forever Hedged." RISK,
7(9) Sep. 1994, pp. 139-145.
- Derman, E., I. Kani, D. Ergener & I. Bardhan. "Enhanced Numerical
Methods for Options with Barriers." Financial Analysts Journal, (Nov-Dec
1995), pp. 65-74.
- Derman, E. "Valuing Models and Modeling Value." The Journal of
Portfolio Management, 22(3) (Spring 1996), 106-114.
- Derman, E. "Outperformance Options." In I. Nelken, ed., The Handbook
of Exotic Options, Irwin, 1996.
- Derman, E., D. Ergener & I. Kani. "Static Options Replication."
The Journal of Derivatives, 2(4) (Summer 1995), pp. 78-95.
- Derman, E., I. Kani & N. Chriss. "Implied Trinomial Trees of the
Volatility Smile." The Journal of Derivatives, 3(4) (Summer 1996), pp.
7-22.
- Derman, E. "Model Risk." RISK, 9(5) May 1996, pp. 139-145, pp.
34-37.
- Derman, E. I Kani & J. Z. Zou. "The Local Volatility Surface: Unlocking
the Information in Index Options Prices." Financial Analysts Journal,
(July-Aug 1996), pp. 25-36.
- Derman, E. "Reflections on Fischer." The Journal of Portfolio
Management, Special Issue (December 1996), 18-24.
- Derman, E. & I. Kani. "The Ins and Outs of Barrier Options: Part
1." Derivatives Quarterly, 3(2) (Winter 1996) pp. 55-67
- Derman, E. & I. Kani. "The Ins and Outs of Barrier Options: Part
2." Derivatives Quarterly, 3(3) (Spring 1997) pp. 73-80
- Zurack, Mark A., E. Derman, J.M. Hill & I. Kani, "Reshaping Equity
Returns Using Options," The Journal of Investing, 6(1) (Spring 1997)
pp. 34-39.
- The World According to Emanuel Derman, interview in Derivatives Strategy,
March 1997, vol 2, No. 3
- Zou, Joseph Z and E. Derman, "Monte Carlo Valuation of Path-Dependent
Options on Indexes with a Volatility Smile," The Journal of Financial
Engineering, 6(2) (June 1997) pp. 149-168.
- Derman, E ."Review of 'Derivative Securities' by Robert Jarrow and
Stuart Turnbull,", RISK, 10(6) Jun. 1997, p. 75
- Derman, E, I Kani and M. Kamal, "Trading and Hedging Local Volatility,"
The Journal of Financial Engineering, 6(3) (September 1997) pp. 1233-268.
- Derman, E. "The Future of Modeling," RISK, 10(12) Dec. 1997, pp.
164-167.
- Derman, E. and I Kani, "Stochastic Implied Trees: Arbitrage Pricing
with Stochastic Term and Strike Structure of Volatility", International
Journal of Theoretical and Applied Finance, 1(1) Jan. 1998, pp.61-110.
- Derman, E. "Fischer Black Remembered". RISK, 11(8) Aug. 1998,
pp. 18-19.
- Kamal, M and E. Derman. "Correcting Black-Scholes." RISK, 12(1)
Jan.1999, pp. 82 - 85.
- E. Derman. "Regimes of Volatility." RISK, April 1999.
- Derman, E, P. Karasinski & J. Wecker. "Understanding Guaranteed-Exchange-Rate
Options." in Currency Derivatives (Wiley, October 1998), edited by David
De Rosa.( This contribution is a reprint of a much earlier 1990 Quantitative
Strategies Research Note on quanto options written
in early 1990.)
- Demeterfi, K, E. Derman, M. Kamal and J. Zou. "A Guide to Variance
Swaps" RISK, 12(6) Jun.1999, pp.54 - 59.
- Demeterfi, K, E. Derman, M. Kamal and J. Zou. "A Guide to Volatility
and Variance Swaps" The Journal of Derivatives, 6(4) Summer 1999, pp
9 - 32.
- E. Derman, “Acceptance Speech on Receipt of Financial Engineer of
the Year Award” Journal of Derivatives 8(2) (Winter 2000), pp. 55-57.
- E. Derman, “A Guide for the Perplexed Quant” Journal of Derivatives
8(2) (Winter 2000), pp. 58-64.
- E. Derman. “The Great Pretender.” Derivatives Strategy, March
2001.
- E. Derman. “Markets and Models.” RISK, 14(7), July 2001, pp.
48-50.Joseph Zou and Emanuel Derman.
- E. Derman “Strike-adjusted spread: a new metric for estimating the
value of equity options.” in Mastering Risk, Volume 2: Applications,
ed. Carol Alexander, Financial Times/Prentice Hall, 2001, pp. 39-56.
- E. Derman. “A guide for the perplexed quant.” Quantitative Finance,
1,5(Sep. 2001), 476-480.
- E. Derman, “Nine Billion Ways to Get Snowed,” RISK, 15(6), June
2002, pp.81-2.
- E. Derman, “The perception of time, risk and return during periods
of speculation,” Quantitative Finance 2(4), August 2002, pp. 282-296.
- E. Derman, “Cranks, academics and practitioners,” RISK 15(9),
September 2002, p. 120.
- E. Derman, "The boy's guide to pricing and hedging," RISK 16(1),
January 2003, pp 70 - 72.
- E. Derman, “The Master Agreement”. RISK, April 2003
- E. Derman “What quants don’t learn at college,” RISK,
June 16(7), July 2003, pp 50-1.
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- The Local Volatility Surface - Unlocking the Information in Index Option
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- Valuing Guaranteed Exchange Rate Contracts Global Derivatives
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- Enhanced Numerical Methods for Options with Barriers Emanuel Derman,
Iraj Kani, Deniz Ergener and Indrajit Bardhan. May 1995
- Valuing Convertible Bonds as Derivatives November 1994
- Static Options Replication Emanuel Derman, Deniz Ergener and Iraj
Kani. May 1994
- The Volatility Smile and Its Implied Tree Emanuel Derman and Iraj
Kani. January 1994
- The Ins and Outs of Barrier Options Emanuel Derman and Iraj Kani
- Pay-On-Exercise Options Emanuel Derman and Iraj Kani. March 1992
- Valuing and Hedging Outperformance Options Emanuel Derman. January
1992
- Understanding Guaranteed-Exchange-Rate Options Emanuel Derman,
Piotr Karasinski and Jeffrey Wecker, March 1990