The article focuses on the leverage effect modeling as a form of stochastic processes through the volatility model. It states that leverage effect is characterized by a subsequent stock price dropping and increase in volatility. It mentions that the first model that describes the volatility and...

This paper posits itself in the stream of literature related to event studies and in particular the September 11th event. It is the first study to our knowledge that investigates the impact on the French financial market of September 11th, 2001 and September 21st, 2001. Was there any information...

Over the last three decades, the world economy has been facing stock market crashes, currency crisis, the dot-com and real estate bubble burst, credit crunch and banking panics. As a response, extreme value theory (EVT) provides a set of ready-made approaches to risk management analysis....

This research provides an alternative framework for the analysis of employee stock option exercise patterns. It develops a binomial model where the exercise decision obeys to a policy that maximizes the expected utility to a representative employee exhibiting preferences as described by the...

This research provides an alternative framework for the valuation of standard employee stock options and for the analysis of exercise behavior patterns. It develops a binomial model where the exercise decision obeys to a policy that maximizes the expected utility to a representative employee...