This paper extends the research on value premium by examining patterns of seasonality exhibited in the book-to-market effect in major global equity markets. The results provide evidence supporting the January effect in the value premium phenomenon. Using stock market indices for Asia Pacific;...

The literature in the area of index changes finds evidence that index changes are information free events. However, Denis, McConnell, Ovtchinnikov and Yu (2003) find evidence contrary to this theory. This study extends the work of Denis, McConnell, Ovtchinnikov and Yu (2003) in an attempt to...

This study examines the role of downside higher order co-moments in asset pricing models when stock returns are not normal. We test the effect of higher order downside co-moments using a data set of daily returns of Société des Bourses Françaises 250 Index stocks during the period 1987-2009....

This paper derives a pricing model for payment deferred vulnerable options and applies the results to the pricing of vulnerable range accrual notes. The valuation model for vulnerable options takes into account the possibility of the option writer defaulting. However, when the payment date is...

The paper examines the effect of exchange rate risk on the conditional relationship between beta risk and return in international equity markets from January 1978 through September 2004. We use an extension of the model introduced by Pettengill, Sundaran, and Mathur (PSM Model, 1995) and adapted...

Due to the dynamic nature of stock market risk and return measurement, financial practitioners and academics are continuously concerned with the development of asset pricing studies. Moreover, validity of the existing theories in the recent Asian financial crises years stimulates additional...

High growth service firms invest resources to acquire and retain customers, creating intangible assets. This paper tests whether investors use customer metrics to value these firms. Using a unique handcollected data set, we show that investors discount the values of high growth service firms if...

Using data from the stock markets of Japan, the U.K, and France, this paper examines the distribution and source of value premium in average stock returns for the period 1975 through 2007. Results from this study indicate a January effect in value premium, which is valid and economically...

This paper employs the Kalman filter to explore the impact of term structure variables in the hedging of Japanese Government Bonds (JGBs) with treasury futures. The term structure factors (level parameter 0 β , slope parameter 1 β , and curvature parameter, 2 β ) are based on Nelson and...

This paper introduces the autocorrelation effect of assets’ returns into the valuation model of reset options. The MA(q) process, which is an extension of MA(1) process noted by Liao and Chen (2006), is applied to the valuation of reset options in this paper. Due to the impact of...