Swaption Price with Negative Swap Rate

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To price Swaptions, we use the Black '76 model. I'm trying to update the model to handle negative interest rates. One such approach to doing this is detailed here. In particular I'm interested in the "shifted lognormal" approach.

Here, they replace the strike rate k and swap rate r with k-c and r -c, effectively shifting the model's lower bound from 0 to -c. This new lower bound means that it can accommodate negative interest rates.

If I have understood this model correctly, then we are essentially changing nothing about the model except shifting the parameters, in other words we can take the vanilla Black '76 model, change k and r to k-c and r-c, and then we'll be able to use it for negative interest rates.

Why does this hold theoretically? "k - c" is not the same as "k", so I would think that the model has been fundamentally changed and is not giving a fair price for a swaption with swap rate r and strike k if that is the derivative of interest.

Second, how do we decide the shift parameter c? Different values of c will give different prices, and the authors do not provide clarification on how to calibrate the shift parameter, or when to adjust it dynamically as interest rates evolve.
 
in short shift determined by otm
just a quoting mechanism giving you a price, relax
i am not sure what you mean that it is determined by otm, could you explain further?

i am just confused on this point: if the user supplies the value of the shift c, and different values of c produce different prices, how do we have uniformity in pricing?
 
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