Jens Carsten Jackwerth

University of Konstanz - Department of Economics

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1.

Option Implied Risk-Neutral Distributions and Implied Binomial Trees: A Literature Review

Journal of Derivatives, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 66-82, Winter 1999
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 21 Oct 1999 Last Revised: 20 Nov 2008
Jens Carsten Jackwerth
University of Konstanz - Department of Economics
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Generalized Binomial Trees

Journal of Derivatives, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 7-17
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 09 Sep 1996 Last Revised: 20 Nov 2008
Jens Carsten Jackwerth
University of Konstanz - Department of Economics
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Is Volatility Risk Priced in the Option Market?

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 19 Apr 1999
Andrea Buraschi and Jens Carsten Jackwerth
Imperial College Business School and University of Konstanz - Department of Economics
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Asymmetric Volatility Risk: Evidence from Option Markets

Review of Finance, 2019, 23(4), 777-799
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 15 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 29 Jun 2022
Jens Carsten Jackwerth and Grigory Vilkov
University of Konstanz - Department of Economics and Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
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Asymmetric volatility, SPX options, VIX options, asymmetric volatility implied correlation, leverage effect, trading strategy

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The Puzzle of Index Option Returns

Fama-Miller Working Paper , Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 11-24
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 21 Oct 2009 Last Revised: 25 Sep 2012
George M. Constantinides, Jens Carsten Jackwerth and Alexi Savov
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, University of Konstanz - Department of Economics and New York University (NYU) - Department of Finance
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index option returns, option mispricing, volatility jumps, price jumps, liquidity, market efficiency

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Financial Market Misconduct and Public Enforcement: The Case of Libor Manipulation

Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 17-53, Published, Management Science, 2019, Vol. 65:11, 5268–5289
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 18 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 05 Mar 2021
Priyank Gandhi, Benjamin Golez, Jens Carsten Jackwerth and Alberto Plazzi
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, University of Notre Dame, University of Konstanz - Department of Economics and Universita' della Svizzera italiana
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Libor, manipulation, financial market misconduct, enforcement

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Recovering Risk Aversion from Option Prices and Realized Returns

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Recovering Risk Aversion from Option Prices and Realized Returns

Paper No. 47
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 09 Sep 1996
Jens Carsten Jackwerth
University of Konstanz - Department of Economics
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Recovering Risk Aversion from Option Prices and Realized Returns

Posted: 17 Jul 2000
Jens Carsten Jackwerth
University of Konstanz - Department of Economics

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Are Options on Index Futures Profitable for Risk Averse Investors? Empirical Evidence

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Are Options on Index Futures Profitable for Risk Averse Investors? Empirical Evidence

Fama-Miller Working Paper , Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 11-23
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 18 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 27 Jul 2011
George M. Constantinides, Michal Czerwonko, Jens Carsten Jackwerth and Stylianos Perrakis
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, Nazarbayev University, University of Konstanz - Department of Economics and Concordia University, Quebec - John Molson School of Business
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option mispricing, futures options, derivatives pricing, stochastic dominance, transaction costs, market efficiency

Are Options on Index Futures Profitable for Risk Averse Investors‘ Empirical Evidence

Number of pages: 73 Posted: 14 Oct 2008 Last Revised: 26 Jul 2010
George M. Constantinides, Michal Czerwonko, Jens Carsten Jackwerth and Stylianos Perrakis
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, Nazarbayev University, University of Konstanz - Department of Economics and Concordia University, Quebec - John Molson School of Business
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option mispricing, futures options, derivatives pricing, stochastic dominance, transaction costs, market efficiency

Are Options on Index Futures Profitable for Risk Averse Investors? Empirical Evidence

NBER Working Paper No. w16302
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 30 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 19 Jul 2023
George M. Constantinides, Michal Czerwonko, Jens Carsten Jackwerth and Stylianos Perrakis
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, McGill University, University of Konstanz - Department of Economics and Concordia University, Quebec - John Molson School of Business
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The Pricing Kernel Puzzle: Reconciling Index Option Data and Economic Theory

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 27 Feb 2002
Jens Carsten Jackwerth and David P. Brown
University of Konstanz - Department of Economics and University of Wisconsin-Madison - Department of Finance, Investment and Banking
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Derivatives, Asset Pricing, Option Pricing, Empirical Studies

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Mispricing of S&P 500 Index Options

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Mispricing of S&P 500 Index Options

EFA 2005 Moscow Meetings
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 24 Feb 2005
George M. Constantinides, Jens Carsten Jackwerth and Stylianos Perrakis
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, University of Konstanz - Department of Economics and Concordia University, Quebec - John Molson School of Business
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Derivative pricing; volatility smile, incomplete markets, transaction costs; index options; stochastic dominance bounds

Mispricing of S&P 500 Index Options

NBER Working Paper No. w14544
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 15 Jan 2009 Last Revised: 29 Sep 2022
George M. Constantinides, Jens Carsten Jackwerth and Stylianos Perrakis
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, University of Konstanz - Department of Economics and Concordia University, Quebec - John Molson School of Business
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Mispricing of S&P 500 Index Options

The Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 22, Issue 3, pp. 1247-1277, 2009
Posted: 17 Mar 2009
George M. Constantinides, Jens Carsten Jackwerth and Stylianos Perrakis
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, University of Konstanz - Department of Economics and Concordia University, Quebec - John Molson School of Business

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Incentive Contracts and Hedge Fund Management: a Numerical Evaluation Procedure

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 15 Mar 2007
James E. Hodder and Jens Carsten Jackwerth
Wisconsin School of Business and University of Konstanz - Department of Economics
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Does the Ross Recovery Theorem Work Empirically?

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 01 May 2017 Last Revised: 02 Nov 2018
Jens Carsten Jackwerth, Marco Menner and Marco Menner
University of Konstanz - Department of Economics and ESADE Business SchoolUniversity of Konstanz
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Ross recovery, pricing kernel, risk-neutral density, transition state prices, physical probabilities

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Pinning in the S&P 500 Futures

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), 106, December 2012, 566-585
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 25 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 13 Feb 2013
Benjamin Golez and Jens Carsten Jackwerth
University of Notre Dame and University of Konstanz - Department of Economics
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pinning, futures, options, option expiration, hedging

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Birds of a Feather – Do Hedge Fund Managers Flock Together?

Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 16-10
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 10 Feb 2016 Last Revised: 21 Jun 2022
Marc Gerritzen, Jens Carsten Jackwerth and Alberto Plazzi
Man AHL, University of Konstanz - Department of Economics and Universita' della Svizzera italiana
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hedge funds, social ties, networks, abnormal performance

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Recovering Probabilities and Risk Aversion from Option Prices and Realized Returns

THE LEGACY OF FISHER BLACK, Bruce N. Lehmann, ed., Oxford University Press, 2004
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 18 Nov 2008
Mark Rubinstein and Jens Carsten Jackwerth
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and University of Konstanz - Department of Economics
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The Pricing Kernel Puzzle: Survey and Outlook

Number of pages: 79 Posted: 06 Jun 2016 Last Revised: 22 Nov 2016
Horatio Cuesdeanu and Jens Carsten Jackwerth
University of Konstanz - Department of Economics and University of Konstanz - Department of Economics
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Pricing Kernel Puzzle, Stochastic Discount Factor, Options, S&P 500

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Improved Portfolio Choice Using Second Order Stochastic Dominance

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 15 Jun 2009 Last Revised: 25 Sep 2013
James E. Hodder, Jens Carsten Jackwerth and Olga Kolokolova
Wisconsin School of Business, University of Konstanz - Department of Economics and Lancaster University Management School
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Second-Order Stochastic Dominance, Portfolio Choice, Out-of-Sample Performance, Portfolio Optimization, Performance Measurement

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Funding Illiquidity Implied by S&P 500 Derivatives

Number of pages: 76 Posted: 08 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 14 Mar 2018
Benjamin Golez, Jens Carsten Jackwerth and Anna Slavutskaya
University of Notre Dame, University of Konstanz - Department of Economics and École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
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funding illiquidity, hedge funds, risk premium, return prediction

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Tips for the PhD in Empirical Financial Economics: From Developing a Research Idea to Getting It Published

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 27 Apr 2022
Jens Carsten Jackwerth
University of Konstanz - Department of Economics
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Financial economics, data collection, writing advice, research tips, PhD students

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Holding Period Effects in Dividend Strip Returns

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 12 Mar 2022 Last Revised: 28 Nov 2023
Benjamin Golez and Jens Carsten Jackwerth
University of Notre Dame and University of Konstanz - Department of Economics
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Dividend term structure, dividend strips, option pricing, option-implied interest rates

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The Pricing Kernel Puzzle in Forward Looking Data

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 07 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 22 Aug 2016
Horatio Cuesdeanu and Jens Carsten Jackwerth
University of Konstanz - Department of Economics and University of Konstanz - Department of Economics
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Pricing Kernel, Option Pricing, Forward Looking Data

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Employee Stock Options: Much More Valuable than You Thought

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 08 Dec 2004
James E. Hodder and Jens Carsten Jackwerth
Wisconsin School of Business and University of Konstanz - Department of Economics
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Employee Stock Options, Dynamic Optimatimization

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Relative Alpha

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 21 May 2014 Last Revised: 30 Mar 2018
Jens Carsten Jackwerth and Anna Slavutskaya
University of Konstanz - Department of Economics and École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
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hedge funds, performance alpha

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Option Pricing: Real and Risk-Neutral Distributions

HANDBOOKS IN OPERATIONS RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCE: FINANCIAL ENGINEERING, J.R. Birge, V. Linetsky, eds., Vol. 15, pp. 565-591, Elsevier, 2007
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 18 Nov 2008 Last Revised: 05 Dec 2008
George M. Constantinides, Stylianos Perrakis and Jens Carsten Jackwerth
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, Concordia University, Quebec - John Molson School of Business and University of Konstanz - Department of Economics
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What do Index Options Teach us About COVID-19?

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 19 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 15 Jun 2020
Jens Carsten Jackwerth
University of Konstanz - Department of Economics
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Risk-neutral distributions, COVID-19, option pricing

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Recovering Delisting Returns of Hedge Funds

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 03 Nov 2008 Last Revised: 16 Mar 2009
James E. Hodder, Jens Carsten Jackwerth and Olga Kolokolova
Wisconsin School of Business, University of Konstanz - Department of Economics and Lancaster University Management School
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Return, Hedge Fund

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The Total Benefit of Alternative Assets to Pension Fund Portfolios

Journal of Financial Markets, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 21 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 13 Jun 2016
Jens Carsten Jackwerth and Anna Slavutskaya
University of Konstanz - Department of Economics and École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
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Hedge Funds, Performance Measurement, Certainty Equivalent, Alpha

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Managerial Responses to Incentives: Control of Firm Risk, Derivative Pricing Implications, and Outside Wealth Management

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 17 Mar 2008
James E. Hodder and Jens Carsten Jackwerth
Wisconsin School of Business and University of Konstanz - Department of Economics
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Dynamic Control of Firm Value Process, Managerial Incentives, Derivative Pricing Implications, External Wealth management

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Stock Market Performance of Jewish Firms During the Third Reich

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 11 Dec 2019
Jens Ihlow and Jens Carsten Jackwerth
University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics and University of Konstanz - Department of Economics
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Third Reich, Hitler, Jewish Firms, Discrimination, Aryanization, Abnormal Performance

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Managerial Control, Compensation, and Derivative Pricing

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 19 Sep 2006
James E. Hodder and Jens Carsten Jackwerth
Wisconsin School of Business and University of Konstanz - Department of Economics
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Risk-Taking of Hedge Funds: Empirical Evidence vs. Theoretical Modeling

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 20 Apr 2021
Jens Carsten Jackwerth
University of Konstanz - Department of Economics
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Risk-taking, hedge funds

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Artificial Stupidity: A Reply

Journal of Portfolio Management, Vol. 24 , No. 1, pp. 120-121, 1997
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 19 Nov 2008
Jens Carsten Jackwerth
University of Konstanz - Department of Economics
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Money for Nothing…: A Case Study of Financial Class Action Litigation

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 23 Nov 2012
Jens Carsten Jackwerth
University of Konstanz - Department of Economics
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mortgage, class action, econometrics, t-test

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Option-Implied Risk-Neutral Distributions and Risk Aversion

CFA Institute Research Foundation of AIMR Publications, pp. 1-86, March 2004
Posted: 19 Nov 2008
Jens Carsten Jackwerth
University of Konstanz - Department of Economics

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Incentive Contracts and Hedge Fund Management

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, May 2006
Posted: 28 Mar 2007
James E. Hodder and Jens Carsten Jackwerth
Wisconsin School of Business and University of Konstanz - Department of Economics

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The Price of a Smile: Hedging and Spanning in Option Markets

Posted: 17 Mar 2001
Andrea Buraschi and Jens Carsten Jackwerth
Imperial College Business School and University of Konstanz - Department of Economics

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Implied Probability Distributions: Empirical Analysis

Posted: 10 Oct 1998
Mark Rubinstein and Jens Carsten Jackwerth
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and University of Konstanz - Department of Economics

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Recovering Probability Distributions from Option Prices

J. OF FINANCE, Vol. 51 No. 5, December 1996
Posted: 24 Oct 1996
Mark Rubinstein and Jens Carsten Jackwerth
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and University of Konstanz - Department of Economics

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Does the Ross Recovery Theorem Work Empirically?

31st Australasian Finance and Banking Conference 2018
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 24 Jul 2018
Jens Carsten Jackwerth, Marco Menner and Marco Menner
University of Konstanz - Department of Economics and ESADE Business SchoolUniversity of Konstanz
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Ross recovery, stochastic discount factor, risk-neutral density, transition state prices, physical probabilities