This paper extends the results of Gadkari and Spindel (Solomon Brothers 1989), Hauser and Levy (JBE v.43, 1991), and Leibowitz, Bader, and Kogelman (JFI v.3, 1993) who show that hedging currency risk converts some or all of the foreign-held claims to synthetic domestic claims. Fixed-income asset...

This paper uses a model similar to the Boyle-Vorst and Ritchken-Kuo arbitrage-free models for the valuation of options with transaction costs to determine the maximum price to be charged by the financial intermediary writing an option in a non-auction market. Earlier models are extended by...

The increasing popularity of non-dealer security markets that offer automated, computer-based, continuous trading reflects a presumption that institutionally-set trading sessions are economically obsolete. This theoretical paper investigates the effect of trading frequency, a key feature of the...

This study explores the viability of arbitrage in determining the price of foreign exchange options when adjustments of the replicating asset portfolio are subject to transaction costs. We first develop a model for valuing those options and then use empirical data and simulation to calculate the...

The increasing popularity of non-dealer security markets that offer automated, computer-based, continuous trading reflects a presumption that institutionally-set trading sessions are economically obsolete. This theoretical paper investigates the effect of the trading frequency, a key feature of...