In this comment, we show that the existence of the preemption equilibrium in Fudenberg and Tirole (Review of Economics Studies, vol. 52, PP. 383-401, 1985)'s continuous-time games of timing is not guaranteed under their assumptions.

As suggested by empirical evidence, law enforcement in one market often results in adverse effects in others. Current theoretical models are ill-suited to investigate this, because while we already know much about the optimal law enforcement for a single market or multiple but independent...

This paper provides further evidence regarding the effect of deposit insurance on the risk-shifting behavior at commercial banks in the United States. In particular, we compare the risk-shifting behavior of commercial banks before and after adopting the risk-based capital requirements in the...

In this paper we provide an accurate and efficient method for valuing Asian options that works well for the low and medium volatility as well as longer average time window. Numerical results show that our method significantly outperforms the other analytic approximation methods in the...

While numerous prior studies report that call–put implied volatility spreads positively predict future stock returns, recent literature shows that the predictive relation is negative for future call option returns. We investigate whether and, if so, how the predictive relation for options...

This paper derives an integrated reduced-form model to calculate the values of adjustable-rate leases with embedded cancellation, purchase, and default options. We also provide numerical examples showing that for a 30-year lease contract, the lessor offers a 15% discount in the initial rent, but...

We investigate the ways in which the net buying pressure of options and the volatility of the underlying asset affect the trading demand for speculation and hedging in TAIEX options. We place particular focus on an examination of whether any changes were discernible in the volatility effects...

This study investigates the institutional investors who hold nonzero synchronous positions in both derivative and underlying stocks to increase contract payoffs. We show that the potential manipulators settle or offset their TAIEX futures and options and simultaneously trade the constituent...