Biological, psychological and medical evidence widely suggests that the lunar phases may affect human behavior and mood. This suggestion motivates this study of the relationship between lunar phases and stock returns. Relevant papers indicate that lunar cycle effects do have an effect on stock...

This is a case study on the credit risk models, introduced by Cetin et al. (2004) and Guo et al. (2009). Empirical analyses are focused on the pricing of zero-coupon bonds issued by two US industrial companies, the Coca-Cola Company and PepsiCo Inc. Applying market observed information,...

This is a case study of the valuation of Chinatrust Real Estate Mortgage Backed Securities (RMBS). It constitutes of 17 mortgage loan groups, and four kinds of securities issued by the Deutsche Bank, Taipei Branch. In this paper, the pricing of the four issued securities is investigated,...