equity options. We find that expectations for future shocks decrease leverage and are statistically significant even when we …

This paper uses an extension of the equilibrium model of Lucas (1978) to study the valuation of options on the market … process for aggregate dividend. Closed-form pricing formulas for options on the market portfolio incorporate both stochastic …-Ingersoll-Ross (1985) model. In this sense, the current model provides a consistent way to price options written on the market portfolio …

announcements and use at-the-money options to exploit their informational advantage. In the post-event period, however, informed … option investors trade by using deep-out-of-the-money and out-of-the-money options. We documented limited evidence on the …

models. We also derive two general pricing formulas for futures options. Finally we present an easily applicable sufficient …

literature suggests that even in the absence of any ability to predict returns, holding options positions on the benchmark assets …. The enhancement from holding options can be substantial if the implied volatilities of the options are higher than the …

In this paper, we compare option contracts from a traditional derivatives exchange to bank-issued options, also … counterparty for bank-issued options, they frequently exist side-by-side, and the empirical evidence shows that there is …-issued options have smaller quoted percentage bid-ask spreads than traditional option contracts by an average of 4.3%. The bid …