Milevsky, Moshe Arye; Prisman, Eliezer Z. - In: Multinational Finance Journal 1 (1997) 2, pp. 101-122
The Canadian Income Tax Act induces individual investors to close their short equity option positions at the end of the year and, if necessary, reopen them at the beginning of next year. This article analyzes the conditions under which it is optimal to close or leave open a short option position...