In this paper, we derive the corresponding implied VIX formulas under the locally riskneutral
valuation relationship proposed by Duan (1995) when various forms of GARCH
model are proposed for S&P 500 index. The empirical study shows that the GARCH
implied VIX is consistently and significantly lower than the CBOE VIX for all kinds of
GARCH model investigated. Moreover, the magnitude of the difference suggests that the
GARCH option pricing model is not capable of capturing the variance premium, which
indicates the incompleteness of the GARCH option pricing under the locally risk-neutral
valuation relationship. The source of this kind of incompleteness is then theoretically analyzed.
It is shown that the framework of GARCH option pricing model fails to incorporate
the price of volatility risk or variance premium.
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