In this paper, the authors study the association between firms＇ specific characteristics and performances for a sample of 320 American firms using a governance efficiency index, calculated by the stochastic frontier ...In this paper, the authors study the association between firms＇ specific characteristics and performances for a sample of 320 American firms using a governance efficiency index, calculated by the stochastic frontier analysis. The use of a latent class in the specification of the model, allowed detecting two groups of firms according to their specific characteristics： the firm size, the leverage, the dividend yield, and the return on equity （ROE）. The results of affectation equation show that the probability to be in the second group （the most efficient） is more important when the firm size, the dividend yield, and the ROE are high, while a high leverage level decreases the chance to be in the first group （the less efficient）.展开更多
Current literature shows that short sellers earn positive returns on their trades and that the superior performance of short sellers is due to their better analytic skills. In this paper, we investigate, if it is poss...Current literature shows that short sellers earn positive returns on their trades and that the superior performance of short sellers is due to their better analytic skills. In this paper, we investigate, if it is possible for a short seller to make profits even if he does not have insider information or is not sophisticated. We use a one period model and assume that stock price follows a random walk with a positive drift to show that the＇ expected return for an uninformed short seller is always negative and his risks are always greater than the risks of a stock buyer. Hence a short seller would not trade unless he has superior trading skills and/or information. We also show that the market conditions when the stock＇s dividend yield is greater than the risk free rate gives the shortsellers advantage over stock buyers.展开更多
This paper studies the optimal dividend problem in the diffusion model with stochastic return on investments. The insurance company invests its surplus in a financial market. More specially, the authors consider the c...This paper studies the optimal dividend problem in the diffusion model with stochastic return on investments. The insurance company invests its surplus in a financial market. More specially, the authors consider the case of investment in a Black-Scholes market with risky asset such as stock. The classical problem is to find the optimal dividend payment strategy that maximizes the expectation of discounted dividend payment until ruin. Motivated by the idea of Thonhauser and Albrecher （2007）, we take the lifetime of the controlled risk process into account, that is, the value function considers both the expectation of discounted dividend payment and the time value of ruin. The authors conclude that the optimal dividend strategy is a barrier strategy for the unbounded dividend payment case and is of threshold type for the bounded dividend payment case.展开更多
文摘In this paper, the authors study the association between firms＇ specific characteristics and performances for a sample of 320 American firms using a governance efficiency index, calculated by the stochastic frontier analysis. The use of a latent class in the specification of the model, allowed detecting two groups of firms according to their specific characteristics： the firm size, the leverage, the dividend yield, and the return on equity （ROE）. The results of affectation equation show that the probability to be in the second group （the most efficient） is more important when the firm size, the dividend yield, and the ROE are high, while a high leverage level decreases the chance to be in the first group （the less efficient）.
文摘Current literature shows that short sellers earn positive returns on their trades and that the superior performance of short sellers is due to their better analytic skills. In this paper, we investigate, if it is possible for a short seller to make profits even if he does not have insider information or is not sophisticated. We use a one period model and assume that stock price follows a random walk with a positive drift to show that the＇ expected return for an uninformed short seller is always negative and his risks are always greater than the risks of a stock buyer. Hence a short seller would not trade unless he has superior trading skills and/or information. We also show that the market conditions when the stock＇s dividend yield is greater than the risk free rate gives the shortsellers advantage over stock buyers.
基金This work is supported by the National Basic Research Program of China （973 Program） under Grant No. 2007CB814905 and the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 10871102.
文摘This paper studies the optimal dividend problem in the diffusion model with stochastic return on investments. The insurance company invests its surplus in a financial market. More specially, the authors consider the case of investment in a Black-Scholes market with risky asset such as stock. The classical problem is to find the optimal dividend payment strategy that maximizes the expectation of discounted dividend payment until ruin. Motivated by the idea of Thonhauser and Albrecher （2007）, we take the lifetime of the controlled risk process into account, that is, the value function considers both the expectation of discounted dividend payment and the time value of ruin. The authors conclude that the optimal dividend strategy is a barrier strategy for the unbounded dividend payment case and is of threshold type for the bounded dividend payment case.
