In this paper, we focus on two-factor lattices for general diffusion processes with state-dependent volatilities. Although it is common knowledge that branching probabilities must be between zero and one in a lattice, few methods can guarantee lattice feasibility, referring to the property that...

This article illustrates the impact of both spot and option liquidity levels on option prices. Using implied volatility to measure the option price structure, our empirical results reveal that even after controlling for the systematic risk of Duan and Wei (2009), a clear link remains between...

This paper develops a general equilibrium model and provides empirical support that the market volatility-of-volatility (VOV) predicts market returns and drives the time-varying volatility risk. In asset pricing tests with the market, volatility, and VOV as factors, the risk premium on VOV is...

We examine the predictive effect of sentiment on the cross-section of stock returns across different economic states. The degree of mispricing and the subsequent price correction can be different between economic expansion and recession because of the limits of arbitrage and short sale...

In this paper, we empirically examine the relationship between return predictability and investor sentiment when the stock fundamentals exhibit regime shifts. This study is motivated by the fact that the predictive power of sentiment may be weakened if we do not separately identify the price...

This paper utilizes the static portfolio approach of Derman, Ergener, and Kani (1995) and Carr, Ellis, and Gupta (1998) to hedge and price American options under the Black-Scholes (1973) model and the constant elasticity of variance (CEV) model of Cox (1975). The static hedge portfolio (SHP) of...

In this paper, we focus on two-factor lattices for general diffusion processes with state-dependent volatilities. Although it is common knowledge that branching probabilities must be between zero and one in a lattice, few methods can guarantee lattice feasibility, referring to the property that...

The estimation of the cost of equity capital (COE) is one of the most important tasks in financial management. Existing approaches compute the COE using historical data, i.e. they are backward-looking methods. This paper derives a method to calculate forward-looking estimates of the COE using...

This paper generalizes the seminal Cox-Ross-Rubinstein (1979) binomial option pricing model to all members of the class of transformed-binomial pricing processes. Our investigation addresses issues related with asset pricing modeling, hedging strategies, and option pricing. We derive explicit...

In this paper we re-examine the American-style option pricing formula of Geske and Johnson (1984) and extend the analysis by deriving a modified formula that can overcome the possibility of non-uniform convergence encountered in the original Geske-Johnson methodology. Furthermore, we propose a...