The Itô formula was extended recently by Dupire (2009) to functionals of paths of continuous semimartingales, and by Cont and Fournié (2010) to functionals of paths of RCLL semimartingales. In contrast to the traditional formula that applies to functions of the current value of a process,...

We study a class of optimization problems involving linked recursive preferences in a continuous-time Brownian setting. Such links can arise when preferences depend directly on the level or volatility of wealth, in principal-agent (optimal compensation) problems with moral hazard, and when the...

By employing a large dataset of nation-wide state-owned and non-state-owned manufacturing enterprises in the period 1998-2007, this paper analyzes the evolving pattern of the correlation and spread between wages and labor productivity in China's manufacturing sector and its influence factors. We...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study how supermarkets can maximize profits of selling perishable food through price adjustment based on real‐time product quality and values. Design/methodology/approach – The value of the perishable food can be traced based on an automatic...