Is there any way to make use of the Beta of an underlying and index, and the implied volatility of options on that underlying and the index?
To specify, if we have available the implied volatility of a closely related index to a single-name option but not the implied volatility of the option itself, can we take the implied volatility of the index and use the Beta to scale it in a way that it is more representative of the implied volatility of the option on the stock? Or can we do no better than use implied volatility of the index directly.
If not, is there some other way to get a better estimate of the implied volatility?