Heterogeneity and evolutionary behaviour of investors are two of the most important characteristics of financial markets. This papers incorporates the adaptive behavior of agents with heterogeneous beliefs and establishes an evolutionary capital asset pricing model (ECAPM) within the...

A numerical technique for the evaluation of American spread call options where the underlying asset dynamics evolve under the influence of a single stochastic variance process of the Heston (1993) type is presented. The numerical algorithm involves extending to the multi-dimensional setting the...

In this paper we consider the pricing of an American call option whose underlying asset dynamics evolve under the influence of two independent stochastic volatility processes of the Heston (1993) type. We derive the associated partial differential equation (PDE) of the option price using hedging...

This paper examines the dynamics of financial distress and in particular the mechanism of transmission of shocks from the financial sector to the real economy. The analysis is performed by representing the linkages between microeconomic financial variables and the aggregate performance of the...

This paper extends the integral transform approach of McKean (1965) and Chiarella and Ziogas (2005) to the pricing of American options written on more than one underlying asset under the Black and Scholes (1973) framework. A bivariate transition density function of the two underlying stochastic...

In this paper we consider the pricing of an American call option whose underlying asset dynamics evolve under the influence of two independent stochastic volatility processes as proposed in Christoffersen, Heston and Jacobs (2009). We consider the associated partial differential equation (PDE)...

Currently, many monetary and fiscal policy measures are aimed at preventing the financial market meltdown that started in the US subprime sector and has spread worldwide as a great recession. Although some slow recovery appears to be on the horizon, it is worthwhile exploring the fragility and...