This study develops a truncated Gram–Charlier expansion (TGCE) option pricing model, which simultaneously considers the skewness, kurtosis and essentially truncated (bounded) interval in the underlying asset return. In addition to TGCE, a truncated Black–Scholes model is proposed also. 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 develops an optimal insurance contract endogenously and determines the optimal coverage levels with respect to deductible insurance, upper-limit insurance, and proportional coinsurance, and, by assuming that the insured has an S-shaped loss aversion utility, the insured would retain...

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,...

This study develops an optimal insurance contract endogenously under a value-at-risk (VaR) constraint. Although Wang et al. [2005] had examined this problem, their assumption implied that the insured is risk neutral. Consequently, this study extends Wang et al. [2005] and further considers a...

This study develops an optimal insurance contract endogenously under a value-at-risk (VaR) constraint. Although Wang et al. [2005] had examined this problem, their assumption implied that the insured is risk neutral. Consequently, this study extends Wang et al. [2005] and further considers a...

This study designs an optimal insurance policy form endogenously, assuming the objective of the insured is to maximize expected final wealth under the Value-at-Risk (VaR) constraint. The optimal insurance policy can be replicated using three options, including a long call option with a small...

This study designs an optimal insurance policy form endogenously, assuming the objective of the insured is to maximize expected final wealth under the Value-at-Risk (VaR) constraint. The optimal insurance policy can be replicated using three options, including a long call option with a small...

This study compares the out-of-sample performances among Black-Scholes (B-S), Stochastic Volatility (SV) and Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroscedasticity (GARCH) models in the Taiwan option market. Using Absolute Relative Pricing Error (ARPE) as the performance criterion, the...