This study examines both restricted and unrestricted Black-Sholes models, according to Longstaff (1995). Using the Taiwan index options for each day from January 2005 to December 2008, the unrestricted model simultaneously solves the implied index value and implied volatility whereas the...

This study analyzes individual portfolio selection in the presence of background risk. Under the expected utility framework, this study determines necessary and sufficient conditions of utility functions for two-fund monetary separation with independently additive and multiplicative background...

This study investigates the bias adjustment for mean–variance efficient portfolio frontiers due to population mean and variance estimation error in Taiwan stock market. Although Siegel and Woodgate (2007; Management Science, 53, 1005–1015) and Kan and Smith (2008; Management Science, 54,...