The article makes two contributions to the literature. The first contribution is to derive a closed-form solution of Taiwanese capped options. We also provide the properties of Taiwanese capped options and the phenomenon of delta jump at monitoring dates. When the interest rate changes...

This study examines the dynamic relationship among insurance demand, financial development and economic growth in Taiwan between 1961 and 2006. Using a three-variable Vector Autoregressive (VAR) model, the competing hypotheses of demand-following versus supply-leading are empirically tested....

This study empirically tests the performance of the Future Option model with Basis Risk (FOBR) proposed by Wang et al. (2005). The Black (1976) model is used as the competing model in this empirical test. The basis risk is the only difference between the two competing models and is therefore...

Assuming that a futures price is a function of the underlying asset and the basis, and that a Brownian bridge process drives the basis, this article provides the closed-form solution of futures with basis risk (FBR). The Brownian bridge process ensures that the basis is zero at the maturity of a...

Under a no-arbitrage assumption, the futures price converges to the spot price at the maturity of the futures contract, where the basis equals zero. Assuming that the basis process follows a modified Brownian bridge process with a zero basis at maturity, we derive the closed-form solutions of...