A new method which is based on the Hill plot is proposed to determine an appropriate threshold in the POT (Peaks Over Threshold) model. Different from the traditional Hill plot method, the proposed method can determine the threshold by quantification, and is easy to be implemented by a computer...

In this paper, we study if the risk associated with innovations in economic policy uncertainty (EPU), that is, EPU risk, is priced in the cross section of hedge fund returns. Based on decile portfolios sorted on the EPU beta, we show that EPU risk commands a significantly negative premium of...

In this paper, we discuss how a risk-averse individual under an intertemporal equilibrium chooses his/her optimal insurance strategy to maximize his/her expected utility of terminal wealth. It is shown that the individual's optimal insurance strategy actually is equivalent to buying a put...

In this paper, we impose the insurer's risk constraint on Arrow's optimal insurance model. The insured aims to maximize his/her expected utility of terminal wealth, under the constraint that the insurer wishes to control the expected loss of his/her terminal wealth below some prespecified level....

This paper analyzes intraday interdependence of returns and trades between Chinese equity and warrants markets based on a vector autoregression framework proposed by Chan et al. (2002). We find that both stock and warrant trades contain useful information for revealing quotes in the stock and...

In this paper, we propose to use insurance stock returns as an indicator of insurance activities, and apply a dynamic panel technique to examine the link between the role of insurance and economic growth. Our empirical results show that after we control for the variations of market index...