This paper proposes a new method using option prices to measure the value of the voting right attached to a stock. The method consists of synthesizing a non-voting share using put-call parity, and comparing its price to that of the underlying stock. Empirically, I find this measure of the value...

This paper proposes a new approach of inferring the value of voting rights attached to a stock by using options. This method might help solve the problems present in previous studies on the value of control such as endogeneity and data availability. The paper also has implications for option...

This paper examines whether changes in the color-coded terror alert level set by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security affect U.S. capital markets. The alert level has changed 17 times (9 times raised and 8 times lowered) from the time the alert system was established on March 12, 2002 until...