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 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 investigates the relationship between managerial optimism, investment efficiency and firm valuation. This study follows the Campbell’s measurement for managerial optimism and investigates the influences of the different levels of managerial optimism on improving investment...