We propose a discrete time algorithm for the valuation of employee stock options based on exponential indifference prices and taking into account both the possibility of partial exercise of a fraction of the options and the use of a correlated traded asset to hedge part of their risk. We determine the optimal exercise …
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New framework values ESOs with multiple exercises and job termination risk.
problem Valuing ESOs with complex exercise patterns and job termination risk.
method Fourier transform, finite differences, and maturity randomization methods.
result Analytic formulae for ESO costs under various conditions.
This work focuses on the indifference pricing of American call option underlying a non-traded stock, which may be partially hedgeable by another traded stock. Under the exponential forward measure, the indifference price is formulated as a stochastic singular control problem. The value function is characterized as the …
In this paper we consider three types of embedded options in pension benefit design. The first is the Florida second election (FSE) option, offered to public employees in the state of Florida in 2002. Employees were given the option to convert from a defined contribution (DC) plan to a defined benefit (DB) plan at a ti…
We analyse the optimal exercise of an executive stock option (ESO) written on a stock whose drift parameter falls to a lower value at a change point, an exponentially distributed random time independent of the Brownian motion driving the stock. Two agents, who do not trade the stock, have differing information on the c…
Employee stock options (ESOs) are American-style call options that can be terminated early due to employment shock. This paper studies an ESO valuation framework that accounts for job termination risk and jumps in the company stock price. Under general Lévy stock price dynamics, we show that a higher job termination ri…
Retirement gratuity is the money companies typically pay their employees at the end of their contracts or at the time of leaving the company. It is a defined benefit plan and is often given as an alternative to a pension plan. In Botswana, there is now a new pattern whereby companies give their employees the option to …
We consider the problem of ESO valuation in continuous time. In particular, we consider models that assume that an appropriate random time serves as a proxy for anything that causes the ESO's holder to exercise the option early, namely, reflects the ESO holder's job termination risk as well as early exercise behaviour.…
We uncover a new anomaly in asset pricing that is linked to the remuneration: the more a company spends on salaries and benefits per employee, the better its stock performs, on average. Moreover, the companies adopting similar remuneration policies share a common risk, which is comparable to that of the value premium. …
Study examines downsizing impact on Indian construction firms' profitability.
problem Impact of downsizing layoffs on construction firms' profitability in India.
method Used Co-integration test, OLS, and VAR models on secondary data of 15 companies.
result Employee Expenses and Number of Employees have significant impact on profitability.
Why only few are so successful ?physics.pop-ph
In many professons employees are rewarded according to their relative performance. Corresponding economy can be modeled by taking independent agents who gain from the market with a rate which depends on their current gain. We argue that this simple realistic rate generates a scale free distribution even though intr…
The paper explains stock predictability by integrating rational finance without behavioral finance assumptions.
problem The predictability of stock returns observed in the stock market.
method Developed a statistical model within rational finance to incorporate stock predictability into the Black-Scholes formula.
result Empirical analysis shows asymmetric predictability by spot and option traders, and potential stock return predictors.
Proactive Intervention to Downtrend Employee Attrition using Artificial Intelligence Techniquesstat.ML
To predict the employee attrition beforehand and to enable management to take individualized preventive action. Using Ensemble classification modeling techniques and Linear Regression. Model could predict over 91% accurate employee prediction, lead-time in separation and individual reasons causing attrition. Prior inti…
This paper illustrates the similarities between the problems of customer churn and employee turnover. An example of employee turnover prediction model leveraging classical machine learning techniques is developed. Model outputs are then discussed to design \& test employee retention policies. This type of retention dis…
This paper analyzes the connection between innovation activities of companies -- implemented before crisis -- and their performance -- measured at time of crisis. The companies listed in the STAR Market Segment of the Italian Stock Exchange are analyzed. Innovation is measured through the level of investments in total …
The paper develops option pricing methods for bilateral Gamma stock models.
problem Developing accurate option pricing measures for bilateral Gamma stock models.
method Incorporates various mathematical techniques including Esscher transforms, minimal entropy martingale measures, and -optimal martingale measures.
result Illustrates the theory with a numerical example, providing practical application of the methods.
Neural network learns to solve Black-Scholes for stock options.
problem Stock option pricing using the Black-Scholes Equation.
method Neural Networks applied to solve the Black-Scholes Equation.
result Neural network can accurately forecast stock option prices.
The paper extends option pricing theory for markets with informed traders.
problem Discontinuity in option pricing for markets with informed traders.
method New models for option pricing in complete markets considering informed traders' information on stock price direction and return mean.
result The discontinuity puzzle in option pricing is resolved using continuous diffusion price processes.
It is well known how to determine the price of perpetual American options if the underlying stock price is a time-homogeneous diffusion. In the present paper we consider the inverse problem, that is, given prices of perpetual American options for different strikes, we show how to construct a time-homogeneous stock pric…
Study liquidity impact on spread option pricing.
problem Imperfect liquidity in stock markets affects option pricing.
method Developed partial-impact and full-impact models to analyze European spread options.
result Full impact model leads to higher option prices due to increased stock buying.
New method forecasts stock option prices accurately.
problem Accurate forecasting of stock option prices.
method Solving the ill-posed Black-Scholes equation using the Quasi-Reversibility Method.
result Good forecasting results demonstrated on market data.
Fair market valuations ignore future worker profits in employee-owned firms.
problem Ignoring future worker profits in fair market valuations for employee-owned firms.
method Analyzing property rights and residual claimants in employee-owned firms.
result Fair market valuations are inappropriate for employee-owned firms.
The paper models stock returns using -Gaussians and negative binomials.
problem Modeling stock return distributions and pricing options.
method Proposes a generalized jump-diffusion model and uses -Gaussians and negative binomial distributions.
result An explicit option pricing formula is derived.
The paper develops methods to price and hedge options in path-dependent stock models.
problem Pricing and hedging options under complex stock models.
method Develops a path-dependent PDE for option pricing and differentiability of path-dependent SDE solutions.
result Provides formulas for option Greeks and differentiability of path-dependent SDE solutions.
Paper optimizes stock option forecasting using ML models and improved trading strategies.
problem Improving accuracy of stock option predictions and trading decisions.
method Application of Recurrent Neural Networks (RNN), Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM), and Quasi-Reversibility Method (QRM).
result Optimized stock option investment results through improved trading strategies and model combination.
Investigates stock models using tempered stable processes for option pricing.
problem Analyzing option pricing in stock models driven by tempered stable processes.
method Investigates exponential stock models driven by tempered stable processes, providing existence of equivalent martingale measures and pricing formulae.
result Existence of equivalent martingale measures and pricing formulae for European call options.
Hedging via Perpetual Derivatives: Trinomial Option Pricing and Implied Parameter Surface Analysisq-fin.MF
We develop a trinomial tree model for pricing perpetual derivatives and European options.
problem Pricing perpetual derivatives and European options in a market with two risky assets and a perpetual derivative of one of them.
method We introduce a recombining trinomial tree model, consider a market with two risky assets and a perpetual derivative, and use a replicating portfolio to price options and generate relationships between risk-neutral and real-world parameters.
result We develop implied parameter surfaces for real-world parameters in the model using historical data.
Entropic framework models stock and option dynamics.
problem Modeling stock and option dynamics with incomplete information.
method Entropic inference framework, scale invariance, Fokker-Planck equation, risk-neutral measure.
result Derives dynamics of stock and option prices using entropic inference.
We aim to predict whether an employee of a company will leave or not, using the k-Nearest Neighbors algorithm. We use evaluation of employee performance, average monthly hours at work and number of years spent in the company, among others, as our features. Other approaches to this problem include the use of ANNs, decis…
In the context of a Black-Scholes economy and with a no-arbitrage argument, we derive arbitrarily accurate lower and upper bounds for the value of European options on a stock paying a discrete dividend. Setting the option price error below the smallest monetary unity, both bounds coincide, and we obtain the exact value…
Option Pricing Formulas based on a non-Gaussian Stock Price Modelcond-mat.stat-mech
Options are financial instruments that depend on the underlying stock. We explain their non-Gaussian fluctuations using the nonextensive thermodynamics parameter . A generalized form of the Black-Scholes (B-S) partial differential equation, and some closed-form solutions are obtained. The standard B-S equation ($q=1…
According to the volatility feedback effect, an unexpected increase in squared volatility leads to an immediate decline in the price-dividend ratio. In this paper, we consider the properties of stock price dynamics and option valuations under the volatility feedback effect by modeling the joint dynamics of stock price,…
The evaluation of geometric Asian power options under time changed mixed fractional Brownian motionq-fin.PR
The aim of this paper is to evaluate geometric Asian option by a mixed fractional subdiffusive Black-Scholes model. We derive a pricing formula for geometric Asian option when the underlying stock follows a time changed mixed fractional Brownian motion. We then apply the results to price Asian power options on the stoc…
In this work, we expand the idea of Samuelson[3] and Shepp[2,5,6] for stock optimization using the Bachelier model [4] as our models for the stock price at the money (X[stock price]= K[strike price]) for the American call and put options [1]. At the money (X= K) for American options, the expected payoff of both the cal…
Study finds stocks with common firm fears earn lower returns.
problem Identifying and quantifying firm-level investor fears.
method Analysis of equity options to identify common firm-level fears and their impact on stock returns.
result Stocks with exposure to common bad fears earn lower returns and require higher compensation.
Efficiently calculates Brazilian stock options with discrete dividends.
problem Accurately pricing Brazilian listed equity options with discrete dividends.
method Uses the fast Laplace transform for high-accuracy computation.
result Efficiently computes option premiums and Greeks with high accuracy.
The paper solves the skewness problem in high-dimensional basket options.
problem Inconsistent skewness between individual stock options and basket options on an index.
method Developed an effective local volatility model and calibrated the basket to the index smile using a jump-diffusion model.
result The method resolves the skewness issue, matching the index smile in basket option prices.
Extends BBSM model to incorporate ESG ratings and path dynamics.
problem Price stock options considering historical market index dynamics and ESG ratings.
method Develops discrete, binary tree option pricing model under BBSM with ESG valuation.
result Model accurately fits stock price changes and European call option prices.
A new method for efficient option pricing using AR and MCS.
problem Infeasibility of pricing financial derivatives due to computational limitations.
method Multi-path option pricing approach via autoregression and Monte Carlo Simulations.
result Our approach is comparable to prior models in pricing weekly TAIEX options.
We provided an analytical representation of the price of a barrier option with one type of special moving barrier. We consider the case that risk free rate, dividend rate and stock volatility are time dependent. We get a pricing formula and put call parity for barrier option when the moving barrier has a special relati…
Assuming that price of the underlying stock is moving in range bound, the Black-Scholes formula for options pricing supports a separation of variables. The resulting time-independent equation is solved employing different behavior of the option price function and three significant results are deduced. The first is the …
We obtain option pricing formulas for stock price models in which the drift and volatility terms are functionals of a continuous history of the stock prices. That is, the stock dynamics follows a nonlinear stochastic functional differential equation. A model with full memory is obtained via approximation through a stoc…
We propose a methodological framework to study the dynamics of inter-regional investment flow in Europe from a Complex Networks perspective, an approach with recent proven success in many fields including economics. In this work we study the network of investment stocks in Europe at two different levels: first, we comp…
In the present paper we construct stock price processes with the same marginal log-normal law as that of a geometric Brownian motion and also with the same transition density (and returns' distributions) between any two instants in a given discrete-time grid. We then illustrate how option prices based on such processes…
Towards the global vision of engagement of Generation Z at the workplace: Mathematical modelingecon.GN
Mathematical models reveal key factors for engaging Gen Z at work.
problem Understanding and improving engagement of Generation Z employees.
method Correlation and cluster analyses on engagement surveys.
result Clear responsibilities and challenging work are essential for Gen Z employees.
The paper shows that benchmark-neutral pricing minimizes option prices.
problem Pricing extreme-maturity European put options on diversified indices.
method Benchmark-neutral pricing applied to a drifted time-transformed squared Bessel process.
result Benchmark-neutral price is the minimal possible price, risk-neutral price is more expensive.
We consider a generic market model with a single stock and with random volatility. We assume that there is a number of tradable options for that stock with different strike prices. The paper states the problem of finding a pricing rule that gives Black-Scholes price for at-money options and such that the market is arbi…
Study finds upper bounds for exotic options using call prices, converging with more data.
problem Finding consistent upper price bounds for exotic options with limited call price data.
method Model-free approach using martingale property of stock price process, focusing on directionally convex payoffs.
result Upper price bounds converge with more observed call prices, especially for directionally convex payoffs.