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Major Conundrums and Possible Solutions in DeFi Insurance

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper empirically explores the early development of insurance projects in the decentralised finance (DeFi) industry, which is based on disruptive technologies like blockchain and smart contracts. A brief history of DeFi is narrated, stressing four risks of DeFi (volatility risk, cyberattack risk, liquidity risk, and regulation risk) and ...
Peng Zhou, Ying Zhang
wiley   +1 more source

CEO Inside Debt and Insider Trading

Journal of Corporate Accounting &Finance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine insider trading to test existing theory about how insiders perceive CEO pensions and deferred compensation (inside debt). Managerial compensation theory posits that debt‐type compensation is an important component of optimal contracting because it reduces shareholder–debtholder agency costs, suggesting that shareholders may react ...
Eric R. Brisker, Dominique Outlaw, Aimee Hoffmann Smith   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Analytical Solution for the Black-Scholes Equation with Two Assets in the Liouville-Caputo Fractional Derivative Sense

Mathematics, 2018
It is well known that the Black-Scholes model is used to establish the behavior of the option pricing in the financial market. In this paper, we propose the modified version of Black-Scholes model with two assets based on the Liouville-Caputo fractional ...
Panumart Sawangtong, Kamonchat Trachoo, Wannika Sawangtong, Benchawan Wiwattanapataphee   +3 more
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A New Homotopy Transformation Method for Solving the Fuzzy Fractional Black–Scholes European Option Pricing Equations under the Concept of Granular Differentiability

Fractal and Fractional, 2022
The Black–Scholes option pricing model is one of the most significant achievements in modern investment science. However, many factors are constantly fluctuating in the actual financial market option pricing, such as risk-free interest rate, stock price,
Jianke Zhang, Yueyue Wang, Sumei Zhang
doaj   +1 more source

Impacts of African elephants and other environmental drivers on trees nested in by critically endangered white‐backed vultures

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
The decline of white‐backed vultures Gyps africanus (hereafter termed vultures) across Africa highlights the need to understand their habitat and nesting requirements, especially in protected areas where African elephants Loxodonta africana can impact the trees in which vultures build their nests.
Robin M. Cook, Edward T. F. Witkowski, Michelle D. Henley   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Numerical Solution of Fractional Black-Scholes Equation by Using Radial Basis Function (RBF) Approximation Method

پژوهش‌های ریاضی, 2020
Introduction Fractional Differential Calculus (FDC) began in the 17th century and its initial discussions were related to the works of Leibniz, Lagrange, Abel and others.
Sedighe Sharifian, Ali R. Siheili, A. Neisy   +2 more
doaj  

IS THE BLACK–SCHOLES MODEL GOOD ENOUGH FOR RETAIL INVESTORS IN CHINA?

Applied Finance Letters, 2022
This study answers a simple question for Chinese investors, especially Chinese retail investors: Is the Black–Scholes model good enough for them to make investment decisions?
Haoran Zhang
doaj   +1 more source

Global impacts of exotic eucalypt plantations on wildlife

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The establishment of exotic tree plantations poses a pervasive threat to wildlife across the globe. Among the most important tree species used for forestry purposes worldwide are members of the genus Eucalyptus, which have now been established in at least 107 countries outside of their native range.
Maider Iglesias‐Carrasco, Jeannette Torres, Adalid Cruz‐Dubon, Ulrika Candolin, Bob B.M. Wong, Guillermo Velo‐Antón   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beberapa Aspek Tentang Black-scholes Option Pricing Model [PDF]

, 1998
Nobel Ekonomi 1997 diberikan kepada Myron Scholes dan Robert Merton. Myron Scholes bersama Fisher Black memberi landasan yang sangat penting dalam teori sekuritas derivatif dengan menemukan model penilaian opsi Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model (OPM ...
Arifin, Z. (Zaenal)
core  

Institutional Investors and the Fight Against Climate Change

Corporate Governance: An International Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research Question/Issue This article examines the role of institutional investors in the fight against climate change. We explain the institutional context, provide evidence highlighting institutional investors' bright and dark sides in this fight, and develop multiple ideas for future research.
Thea Kolasa, Zacharias Sautner
wiley   +1 more source