This paper constructs a simple model to reveal the trade-off between decentralized and centralized governance structure of large state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in China. Our model shows that the delegation of decision making authority to SOE managers would enhance their initiative in terms of...

This paper constructs a two-stage sequential game model to investigate the spillover effect of inward FDI on the efficiency improvement of domestic firms across different ownership types in host countries. Our model shows that given the optimal spillover policy made by foreign firms, the impact...

This study examines whether poor air quality affects corporate debt cost. By employing a regression discontinuity design (RDD) based on the discontinuity of air pollution caused by the Qinling-Huaihe line in China, we found that poor air quality significantly raises the debt cost of firms after....

In this paper, we study the optimal stopping time and the optimal stopping boundary for the perpetual Russian option under the diffusion process. The general continuation region is characterized by a function b(p; t) depending on both variables t and the maximum value of the stock and initial...

We derive the total variance risk premium for an index in the stochastic environment of Driessen, Maenhout and Vilkov (2009) and correct the previous authors omission of certain components which contribute significantly to index option expected returns. This study provides a mathematically...

This paper presents a structural model of default risk under macroeconomic conditions. The macroeconomic conditions are assumed to be a finite state of a Markov chain. The innovation of our model is to characterize the firm default, the default-free pure discount bond price, the defaultable bond...

Based on a sequence of discretized American option price processes under the multinomial model proposed by Maller, Solomon and Szimayer (2006), the sequence converges to the counterpart under the original Lévy process in distribution for almost all time. We prove a weak convergence in this case...

High-entropy materials are promising candidate materials for nuclear facilities due to their irradiation resistance and mechanical properties. These properties can be further enhanced in multilayer structures. However, there is still a need to understand the irradiation behavior of multilayer...