This paper innovatively establishes the interrelationship between type I agency costs (conflicts between managers and shareholders) and type II agency costs (conflicts between controlling and minority shareholders). We further analyze the impact of agency cost interactions on the volatility of...

Most research on project financing focuses mainly on structuring and financing issues. In this paper we propose a model that incorporates the effects of the management efforts on market outcomes in its framework. Thus, we can examine project financing from the perspective of managerial...

In this paper we focus on the performance of volatility options as hedging instruments for hedging volatility risk. We investigate (a) the relative hedging performance of volatility and European options, (b) the relative hedging performance of volatility index and straddle options, and (c) the...

This paper investigates information transmission and price discovery in informationally linked markets within the multivariate generalized autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity and information share frameworks. Based on both synchronous and non-synchronous trading information from...

"This paper examines the empirical performance of various option-pricing models in hedging exotic options, such as barrier options and compound options. A practical and relevant testing approach is adopted to capture the essence of model risk in option pricing and hedging. Our results indicate...

This paper examines the overall risks in Chinese copper, rubber, and soybean futures markets using a copula-VaR (value at risk) and copula-ES (expected shortfall) framework that explicitly accounts for both trading and non-trading information. Our results show that information accumulating...

This study examines the dynamic hedging performance of the one‐factor LIBOR and swap market models in both caps and swaptions markets, using a procedure similar to the way that these models are used in practice. The effects of different calibration methods on model performance are investigated...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study filer identities and voting outcomes of Canadian shareholder proposals and their impact on shareholders' wealth during the period from 2001 to 2008. Design/methodology/approach – In total, 762 Canadian shareholder proposals and related...