In this paper, we focus on the calibration of affine stochastic mortality models using term assurance premiums. We view term assurance contracts as a "swap" in which policyholders exchange cash flows (premiums vs. benefits) with an insurer analogous to a generic interest rate swap or credit...

We study the daily return distributions for 22 industry stock indexes on the Tai-wan Stock Exchange under the unconditional homoskedastic independent, identically distributed and the conditional heteroskedastic GARCH models. Two distribution hypotheses are tested: the Gaussian and the stable...

Examines accepted methods of calculating the effect of deferred realization on the effective rate of capital gains tax paid by common shareholders. Proposes a valuation-based method that is designed for growth stocks where gains are accrued gradually and realized in lump sums.

Coyne, Fabozzi, and Yaari reply to Kiefer's comments about effective capital gains tax rates.

With the decline in the mortality level of populations, national social security systems and insurance companies of most developed countries are reconsidering their mortality tables taking into account the longevity risk. The Lee and Carter model is the first discrete-time stochastic model to...

In this article, we introduce two new six-parameter processes based on time-changing tempered stable distributions and develop an option pricing model based on these processes. This model provides a good fit to observed option prices. To demonstrate the advantages of the new processes, we...

We investigate whether the US equity market exhibits underreaction or overreaction. More specifically, we study the directional and magnitude effects associated with abnormal market reaction. The directional effect is the phenomenon that an extreme price movement will be followed by a price...

Lévy processes have been successfully applied in the modeling of financial assets. Useful information such as implied volatility, skewness, and risk-preferences can be derived from market option prices. In this paper, we advocate using Esscher conjugate Lévy processes to estimate risk-neutral...

In April of 2013, the Pension Research Council of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania convened a Technical Review Panel, comprising ten experts whose task it was to review the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation’s (PBGC) Pension Insurance Modeling System (PIMS), including...

The purpose of this paper is to introduce a stochastic volatility model for option pricing that exhibits Lévy jump behavior. For this model, we derive the general formula for a European call option. A well known particular case of this class of models is the Bates model, for which the jumps are...