In the two-factor economy developed by Longstaff and Schwartz (1991) forward and futures prices of default-free bills and bonds are obtained and maturity effects analysed. It is shown that the relationship between futures price volatility and maturity is stochastic so that, as it may be seen...

Using the conditional probability of the passage of customers from one firm to another, a new, implementable measure of market competition is obtained which generalizes the classical Hirschman-Herfindhal index.

In this paper we propose a simple approach to asset valuation in terms of two characteristics, expected value and expected variability, and their distinct marginal contributions to the value of the market portfolio. The result is shown to correspond to Sharpe's CAPM. We then show that pricing in...

In this paper we propose a simple, intuitive approach to asset valuation in terms of marginal contributions to the characteristics (moments) of the market portfolio. Considering only the first two moments, mean and variance, the valuation equation is shown to correspond to Sharpe's CAPM. A...

Using an ordinal approach to utility, in the spirit of Hicks (1962, 1967a), it is possible to greatly simplify the theory of asset prices. The basic assumption is to summarize any probability distribution into its moments so that preferences over distributions can be mapped into preferences over...

This paper examines the role of algorithmic trading in modern financial markets. Additionally, order types, characteristics, and special features of algorithmic trading are described under the lens provided by the large development of high frequency trading technology. Special order types are...