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Estimating the Volatility of Discrete Stock Prices
Published: 6/1988, Volume: 43, Issue: 2 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1988.tb03949.x | Cited by: 40
D. CHINHYUNG CHO, EDWARD W. FREES
This paper introduces an estimator of stock price volatility that eliminates, at least asymptotically, the biases that are caused by the discreteness of observed stock prices. Assuming that the observed stock prices are continuously monitored, an estimator is constructed using the notion of how quickly the price changes rather than how much the price changes. It is shown that this estimator has desirable asymptotic properties, including consistency and asymptotic normality. Also, through a simulation study, the authors show that it outperforms natural estimators for the low‐ and middle‐priced stocks. Furthermoret, he simulation study demonstratest hat the proposed estimator is robust to certain misspecifications in measuring the time between price changes.
DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL OBJECTIVES OF UNITED STATES MONETARY POLICY*
Published: 5/1963, Volume: 18, Issue: 2 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1963.tb00714.x | Cited by: 1
Edward Bernstein
FINANCIAL POLICY UNDER ALTERNATIVE EXCHANGE‐RATE SYSTEMS*
Published: 6/1971, Volume: 26, Issue: 3 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1971.tb01743.x | Cited by: 0
Edward Tower
BUSINESS INVESTMENT IN PLANT AND EQUIPMENT AN EMPIRICAL STUDY*
Published: 3/1963, Volume: 18, Issue: 1 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1963.tb01626.x | Cited by: 0
Edward Greenberg
The Expected Utility of the Doubling Strategy
Published: 6/1989, Volume: 44, Issue: 2 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1989.tb05071.x | Cited by: 2
EDWARD OMBERG
It has been noted that a certain continuous‐time trading strategy, termed the “doubling strategy”, generates a positive net return on borrowed funds, with probability one and within a finite period of time. Since the doubling strategy seems to represent a “free lunch” or arbitrage opportunity, a variety of constraints to render it infeasible have been proposed. In this paper, we show that the doubling strategy generates infinite disutility for a large class of utility functions, and we can think of no utility function for a risk‐averse agent which is a counterexample.
A Note on the Convergence of Binomial‐Pricing and Compound‐Option Models
Published: 6/1987, Volume: 42, Issue: 2 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1987.tb02578.x | Cited by: 25
EDWARD OMBERG
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CANADIAN FISCAL POLICY
Published: 12/1952, Volume: 7, Issue: 4 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1952.tb02483.x | Cited by: 0
Edward Marcus
Market Incompleteness and Divergences Between Forward and Futures Interest Rates*
Published: 5/1980, Volume: 35, Issue: 2 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1980.tb02150.x | Cited by: 16
EDWARD J. KANE
MONETARY POLICY AND SALES‐FINANCE AND SMALL‐LOAN COMPANIES' FUNDS, 1949–54*
Published: 12/1959, Volume: 14, Issue: 4 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1959.tb00149.x | Cited by: 0
Ray Edward Dawson
A Further Empirical Investigation of the Bankruptcy Cost Question
Published: 9/1984, Volume: 39, Issue: 4 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1984.tb03893.x | Cited by: 641
EDWARD I. ALTMAN
In this paper, empirical evidence with respect to both the direct and indirect costs of bankruptcy is assessed. This should be of interest for three related reasons. First, there is a need to provide further evidence as to the size of bankruptcy costs. Second, for the first time a proxy methodology for measuring indirect costs of bankruptcy is presented and actually measured. Third, a simple format for measuring the present value of expected bankruptcy costs is compared with the present value of expected tax benefits from interest payments on leverage. This comparison has important implications for the continuing debate as to whether or not an optimum capital structure exists for corporations.
THE TERM STRUCTURE OF INTEREST RATES: AN ATTEMPT TO RECONCILE TEACHING WITH PRACTICE
Published: 5/1970, Volume: 25, Issue: 2 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1970.tb00514.x | Cited by: 7
Edward J. Kane
A NOTE ON THE REVIVAL OF FEDERAL RESERVE DISCOUNT POLICY
Published: 12/1956, Volume: 11, Issue: 4 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1956.tb04083.x | Cited by: 0
Edward C. Simmons
ADMINISTRATION OF THE PURCHASING FUNCTION IN STATE GOVERNMENT*
Published: 12/1957, Volume: 12, Issue: 4 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1957.tb04162.x | Cited by: 0
Edward S. Lynn
REPLY
Published: 6/1972, Volume: 27, Issue: 3 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1972.tb00996.x | Cited by: 1
Edward I. Altman
A REPLY
Published: 12/1970, Volume: 25, Issue: 5 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1970.tb00880.x | Cited by: 3
Edward I. Altman
Measuring Corporate Bond Mortality and Performance
Published: 9/1989, Volume: 44, Issue: 4 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1989.tb02630.x | Cited by: 203
EDWARD I. ALTMAN
This study develops an alternative way to measure default risk and suggests an appropriate method to assess the performance of fixed‐income investors over the entire spectrum of credit‐quality classes. The approach seeks to measure the expected mortality of bonds and the consequent loss rates in a manner similar to the way actuaries assess mortality of human beings. The results show that all bond ratings outperform riskless Treasuries over a ten‐year horizon and that, despite relatively high mortality rates, B‐rated and CCC‐rated securities outperform all other rating categories for the first four years after issuance, with BB‐rated securities outperforming all others thereafter.
THE ANALYTICS OF MULTIBANK HOLDING COMPANY BEHAVIOR*
Published: 9/1975, Volume: 30, Issue: 4 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1975.tb01034.x | Cited by: 0
Gregory Edward Boczar
A PORTFOLIO—BALANCE MODEL OF CORPORATE WORKING CAPITAL
Published: 5/1978, Volume: 33, Issue: 2 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1978.tb04866.x | Cited by: 2
Edward E. Yardeni
AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MUTUAL SAVINGS BANK RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE*
Published: 3/1970, Volume: 25, Issue: 1 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1970.tb00425.x | Cited by: 0
Steven Edward Bolten
AN INVESTMENT ANALYSIS APPROACH TO STOCK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES*
Published: 9/1957, Volume: 12, Issue: 3 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1957.tb04148.x | Cited by: 0
Edward Axel Nelson
The Recognition Lag of the Federal Advisory Council
Published: 3/1979, Volume: 34, Issue: 1 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1979.tb02083.x | Cited by: 0
EDWARD B. SELBY
Accelerating Inflation, Technological Innovation, and the Decreasing Effectiveness of Banking Regulation
Published: 5/1981, Volume: 36, Issue: 2 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1981.tb00449.x | Cited by: 119
EDWARD J. KANE
THE INTERREGIONAL FLOW OF FUNDS IN THE UNITED STATES, 1955–58*
Published: 12/1962, Volume: 17, Issue: 4 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1962.tb04351.x | Cited by: 0
Edward J. Kane
FINANCIAL RATIOS, DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS AND THE PREDICTION OF CORPORATE BANKRUPTCY
Published: 9/1968, Volume: 23, Issue: 4 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1968.tb00843.x | Cited by: 12092
Edward I. Altman
REPLY
Published: 12/1969, Volume: 24, Issue: 5 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1969.tb01706.x | Cited by: 0
Edward L. Whalen
CAPITAL GAINS TAXATION AND YEAR‐END STOCK MARKET BEHAVIOR
Published: 3/1977, Volume: 32, Issue: 1 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1977.tb03250.x | Cited by: 94
Edward A. Dyl
THE PREDICTION OF CORPORATE BANKRUPTCY: A DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS*
Published: 3/1968, Volume: 23, Issue: 1 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1968.tb03007.x | Cited by: 13
Edward I. Altman
RAILROAD BANKRUPTCY PROPENSITY
Published: 5/1971, Volume: 26, Issue: 2 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1971.tb00901.x | Cited by: 27
Edward I. Altman
THE VALUATION OF CLOSELY HELD INDUSTRIAL SHARES FOR FEDERAL TAX PURPOSES*
Published: 9/1956, Volume: 11, Issue: 3 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1956.tb00114.x | Cited by: 0
Adolph Edward Grunewald
DISCUSSION
Published: 6/1978, Volume: 33, Issue: 3 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1978.tb00771.x | Cited by: 0
Edward F. Denison
RISK, UNCERTAINTY, AND DIVERGENCE OF OPINION
Published: 9/1977, Volume: 32, Issue: 4 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1977.tb03317.x | Cited by: 2839
Edward M. Miller
DISCUSSION
Published: 5/1983, Volume: 38, Issue: 2 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1983.tb02259.x | Cited by: 1
EDWARD I. ALTMAN
CHANGING CHARACTER OF THE REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE MARKETS
Published: 5/1964, Volume: 19, Issue: 2 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1964.tb00770.x | Cited by: 0
Edward E. Edwards
A CROSS‐SECTION STUDY OF BUSINESS DEMAND FOR CASH*
Published: 9/1965, Volume: 20, Issue: 3 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1965.tb02907.x | Cited by: 6
Edward L. Whalen
THE HISTORY, ORGANIZATION, AND POLICIES OF THE BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION*
Published: 12/1953, Volume: 8, Issue: 4 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1953.tb01191.x | Cited by: 0
Edward P. Shaw
AN EXTENSION OF THE BAUMOL‐TOBIN APPROACH TO THE TRANSACTIONS DEMAND FOR CASH
Published: 3/1968, Volume: 23, Issue: 1 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1968.tb03001.x | Cited by: 13
Edward L. Whalen
BLACK BANKING—PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS
Published: 5/1971, Volume: 26, Issue: 2 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1971.tb00906.x | Cited by: 1
Edward D. Irons
Technological and Regulatory Forces in the Developing Fusion of Financial‐Services Competition
Published: 7/1984, Volume: 39, Issue: 3 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1984.tb03667.x | Cited by: 7
EDWARD J. KANE
Product lines of traditionally heterogeneous financial institutions are rapidly fusing into a homogeneous blend. Institutions and market structures are reshaping themselves to lower the cost of serving customer demand for financial services. This paper contends that contemporary adaptations exploit scope economies rooted in technological change and deposit‐insurance subsidies to innovative forms of risk‐bearing.As they reorient work flows, financial firms are simultaneously restructuring their organizations to lower net burdens from government regulation. Alternative state and federal regulatory and legislative bodies compete vigorously for the regulatory business of developing institutional hybrids. Evolution of Federal Reserve policy toward “nonbank banks” exemplifies the process.
A NOTE ON THE CAUSES OF INSTABILITY IN THE MONEY SUPPLY
Published: 9/1951, Volume: 6, Issue: 3 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1951.tb04474.x | Cited by: 0
Edward C. Simmons
Principal‐Agent Problems in S&L Salvage
Published: 7/1990, Volume: 45, Issue: 3 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1990.tb05104.x | Cited by: 87
EDWARD J. KANE
New legislation and traditional FDIC insolvency‐resolution procedures transform and intensify the principal‐agent problems most responsible for the FSLIC mess. These problems explain counterproductive constraints on the governance and operating policies of the agency responsible for rescuing and salvaging assets in insolvent thrifts: the RTC. The constraints slow insolvency resolution, increase interim financing costs, and undermine RTC recovery of asset value. Operationalizing its task as preserving evanescent and economically misconceived “franchise values,” the RTC allows insolvents to seek financing on an unconsolidated basis, initiates bidding for one institution at a time, holds back seriously troubled assets, and recruits an overly narrow range of bidders.
THE FISCAL IMPACT OF THE FEDERAL BUDGET*
Published: 3/1966, Volume: 21, Issue: 1 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1966.tb02967.x | Cited by: 0
Edward M. Gramlich
MONEY, PRICES AND OUTPUT
Published: 6/1976, Volume: 31, Issue: 3 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1976.tb01937.x | Cited by: 0
EDWARD F. RENSHAW
FINANCING THE FLOW OF MAJOR HOME APPLIANCES*
Published: 12/1957, Volume: 12, Issue: 4 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1957.tb04163.x | Cited by: 0
Edward L. Rada
MUTUAL FUND MANAGEMENT FEE RATES*
Published: 5/1963, Volume: 18, Issue: 2 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1963.tb00729.x | Cited by: 4
Edward S. Herman
SALES OF GOVERNMENT SECURITIES TO FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS UNDER REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS
Published: 3/1954, Volume: 9, Issue: 1 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1954.tb01203.x | Cited by: 7
Edward C. Simmons
AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF FINANCING AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM*
Published: 3/1962, Volume: 17, Issue: 1 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1962.tb04260.x | Cited by: 0
Frederick Edward Kottke
PROFIT‐PLANNING AND THE FINANCE FUNCTION
Published: 12/1957, Volume: 12, Issue: 4 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1957.tb04159.x | Cited by: 1
Sidney Robbins, Edward Foster
DISTRIBUTION OF NEW SECURITIES IN SEC. 77 REORGANIZATIONS
Published: 12/1950, Volume: 5, Issue: 4 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1950.tb03800.x | Cited by: 0
Edward T. P. Watson
Default Premiums in Commodity Markets: Theory and Evidence
Published: 7/1991, Volume: 46, Issue: 3 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1991.tb03777.x | Cited by: 8
WARREN BAILEY, EDWARD NG
We model the effect of nonperformance risk on forward and futures pricing and look for evidence of nonperformance risk in precious metals futures prices from the “Hunt Brothers”episode. Changes in default premiums are measured and related to the sequence of events in the metals markets during this period. Results suggest first that ex ante costs of nonperformance can be a significant, priced factor in commodity markets and second that the arrival of new information is often associated with changes in these costs. The evidence has implications for both theoretical and empirical research on commodity markets.
A Financial Early Warning System For Over‐The‐Counter Broker‐Dealers
Published: 9/1976, Volume: 31, Issue: 4 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1976.tb01969.x | Cited by: 30
Edward I. Altman, Bettina Loris