<section xml:id="fut21596-sec-0001"> This paper examines the association between option‐implied interest rate distributions and macroeconomic expectations in the context of a forward‐looking monetary policy rule. We presume that market participants view the policy rule as a guide to the path of future policy rates and price...</section>

This paper shows that the delta hedging performance of the Black-Scholes model can be substantially improved with a rather simple adjustment of the Black-Scholes delta. By utilizing the volatility smile, the Black-Scholes delta can be adjusted to account for the inverse movements between...

This paper uses data on German government bond futures options to examine the behaviour of market expectations around monetary policy actions of the European Central Bank (ECB). In particular, this paper focuses on the asymmetries in bond market expectations, as measured by the skewness of...

This paper examines the association between female audit committee representation and audit fees. We hypothesize that gender diversity on audit committees has implications for external auditing, and thus affects audit fees. Using a sample of the Samp;P 500 firms, we find considerable evidence to...

This paper examines whether the higher profitability and valuation of family firms is related to differences in production technologies and production efficiency. Using data on S&P 500 manufacturing firms, we find that family firms are more productive than comparable non-family firms....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the association between earnings management and the gender of the firm's executives. Design/methodology/approach – Panel regressions of discretionary accruals on a set of female executive dummies and firm-specific controls. Findings – The...