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Residual Learning in Empirical Asset Pricing

Shallow models are special cases of deep models, and deep models theoretically have the potential to outperform the shallow ones. However, the existing empirical asset pricing literature provides strong benchmarks for shallow models. Residual learning allows neural network models in asset pricing to

Holy Grail Math 6 Rigor 8 ·  October 7, 2026

Variance-Optimal Hedging in the Rough Hawkes--Heston Model

We study variance-optimal stock hedging and the convergence of approximate strategies in the rough Hawkes–Heston model. Starting from the model’s affine conditional transform and the affine Volterra jump framework, we obtain semi-explicit hedges for European calls and a representation of the minimu

Holy Grail Math 9 Rigor 6 ·  September 8, 2026

VIX and European options with jumps in the short-maturity regime

We present a study of the short-maturity asymptotics for VIX and European option prices in local-stochastic volatility models with compound Poisson jumps. Both out-of-the-money (OTM) and at-the-money (ATM) asymptotics are considered. The leading-order asymptotics are obtained in closed-form. We appl

Lab Rats Math 8.5 Rigor 4.5 ·  January 24, 2026

Advancing Financial Engineering with Foundation Models: Progress, Applications, and Challenges

The advent of foundation models (FMs), large-scale pre-trained models with strong generalization capabilities, has opened new frontiers for financial engineering. While general-purpose FMs such as GPT-4 and Gemini have demonstrated promising performance in tasks ranging from financial report summari

Philosophers Math 4 Rigor 3 ·  July 7, 2025

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