Jin E. Zhang

University of Otago, Otago Business School, Department of Accountancy and Finance

Professor of Finance

Dunedin, 9054

New Zealand

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Scholarly Papers (27)

1.

Variance Term Structure and VIX Futures Pricing

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 25 Apr 2005
Yingzi Zhu and Jin E. Zhang
Tsinghua University - School of Economics & Management and University of Otago, Otago Business School, Department of Accountancy and Finance
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Stochastic volatility, variance term structure, arbitrage-free model, volatility derivatives, VIX futures

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Hedging Volatility Risk

EFA 2002 Berlin Meetings Discussion Paper
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 13 Jul 2002
Menachem Brenner, Ernest Y. Ou and Jin E. Zhang
New York University (NYU) - Department of Finance, Lehman Brothers, New York and University of Otago, Otago Business School, Department of Accountancy and Finance
Downloads 1,203 (30,109)
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Straddle, Compound Options, Stochastic Volatility

Hedging Volatility Risk

NYU Working Paper No. FIN-00-057
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 13 Nov 2008
Menachem Brenner, Ernest Y. Ou and Jin E. Zhang
New York University (NYU) - Department of Finance, Lehman Brothers, New York and University of Otago, Otago Business School, Department of Accountancy and Finance
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Straddle, Compound Options, Stochastic Volatility

Hedging Volatility Risk

NYU Working Paper No. S-DRP-01-04
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 07 Nov 2008
Menachem Brenner, Ernest Y. Ou and Jin E. Zhang
New York University (NYU) - Department of Finance, Lehman Brothers, New York and University of Otago, Otago Business School, Department of Accountancy and Finance
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Straddle, Compound Options, Stochastic Volatility

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The Market for Volatility Trading; Vix Futures

NYU Working Paper No. FIN-07-003
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 03 Nov 2008
Menachem Brenner, Jinghong Shu and Jin E. Zhang
New York University (NYU) - Department of Finance, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Otago, Otago Business School, Department of Accountancy and Finance
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Options on the Minimum or the Maximum of Two Average Prices

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 19 Sep 1998
Xueping Wu and Jin E. Zhang
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Economics & Finance and University of Otago, Otago Business School, Department of Accountancy and Finance
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Options on the Minimum or the Maximum of Two Average Prices

Review of Derivatives Research, Vol. 3, No. 2, 1999
Posted: 23 Sep 1999
Xueping Wu and Jin E. Zhang
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Economics & Finance and University of Otago, Otago Business School, Department of Accountancy and Finance

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The Skewness Implied in the Heston Model and its Application

Journal of Futures Markets, (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 11 Jun 2016
Jin E. Zhang, Fang Zhen, Xiaoxia Sun and Huimin ZHAO
University of Otago, Otago Business School, Department of Accountancy and Finance, Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE) - China Economics and Management Academy, Donbei University of Finance and Economics and Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU)
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Skewness; Heston model; Third cumulant

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The CBOE S&P 500 Three-Month Variance Futures

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 23 Jan 2009
Jin E. Zhang and Yuqin Huang
University of Otago, Otago Business School, Department of Accountancy and Finance and The University of Hong Kong
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Volatility trading, Variance Futures, VIX

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Is Warrant Really a Derivative? Evidence from the Chinese Warrant Market

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 15 Mar 2010
Eric C. Chang, Lei Shi and Jin E. Zhang
University of Hong Kong - School of Business, The University of Hong Kong, School of Economics and Finance and University of Otago, Otago Business School, Department of Accountancy and Finance
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Warrants, the Chinese warrant market, Option pricing model

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The Role of Hedgers and Speculators in the Currency Futures Markets

Number of pages: 73 Posted: 09 Aug 2022
University of Otago - Department of Accountancy and Finance, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University and University of Otago, Otago Business School, Department of Accountancy and Finance
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Trading activity, return predictability, Currency futures, Hedging pressure, Systematic Risk, Idiosyncratic Risk, Implied volatility

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A Remark on Lin and Chang's Paper 'Consistent Modeling of S&P 500 and VIX Derivatives'

Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 11-54
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 17 Nov 2011
Shanghai Stock Exchange, University of Zurich - Swiss Banking Institute (ISB), University of Zurich and University of Otago, Otago Business School, Department of Accountancy and Finance
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VIX option pricing, affine jump di usion, characteristic function

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Covariance Risk Premium and Expected Stock Returns

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 22 Nov 2023
Xiaolan Jia, Xinfeng Ruan and Jin E. Zhang
Chongqing University of Education, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University and University of Otago, Otago Business School, Department of Accountancy and Finance
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Covariance risk premium, return predictability, implied volatility

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The Relation Between Physical and Risk-Neutral Cumulants

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 10 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 16 Mar 2010
Eric C. Chang, Jin E. Zhang and Huimin Zhao
University of Hong Kong - School of Business, University of Otago, Otago Business School, Department of Accountancy and Finance and The University of Hong Kong
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Skewness swap, Kurtosis swap, Equity risk premium, Variance risk premium, Skewness risk premium, Kurtosis risk premium

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Asset Pricing in a Production Economy with Heterogeneous Investors

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 13 Mar 2006
Jin E. Zhang and Tiecheng Li
University of Otago, Otago Business School, Department of Accountancy and Finance and Tsinghua University
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Asset pricing, Heterogeneous preferences, Market price of risk, Interest rate

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The Cross-Sectional Variation of Skew Risk Premia

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 20 Sep 2017
Xinfeng Ruan and Jin E. Zhang
Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University and University of Otago, Otago Business School, Department of Accountancy and Finance
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Skew Swap; Skew Risk Premium; Variance Risk Premium; Cross-Section

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Market Excess Returns, Variance and the Third Cumulant

Asian Finance Association (AsianFA) 2015 Conference Paper
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 13 Feb 2015
Eric C. Chang, Jin E. Zhang and Huimin ZHAO
University of Hong Kong - School of Business, University of Otago, Otago Business School, Department of Accountancy and Finance and Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU)
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Equilibrium asset pricing model; Market excess return; Variance; The third cumulant; Variance risk premium

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Risk-Neutral Moments in the Crude Oil Market

Energy Economics, Vol. 72, No. 2018, 2018
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 06 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 30 Aug 2018
Xinfeng Ruan and Jin E. Zhang
Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University and University of Otago, Otago Business School, Department of Accountancy and Finance
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Risk-neutral moments; risk-neutral cumulants, crude oil; options; stock returns; cross section

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Expected Stock Returns and Forward Variance

Journal of Financial Markets, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 26 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 14 Jun 2016
Xingguo Luo and Jin E. Zhang
Zhejiang University, College of Economics and Academy of Financial Research and University of Otago, Otago Business School, Department of Accountancy and Finance
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Stock returns; Forward variance; Predictability

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The Valid Regions of Gram-Charlier Densities

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 24 Apr 2020
Wei Lin, Wei Lin and Jin E. Zhang
Dept. Accountancy and FinanceCollege of mathematics and science and University of Otago, Otago Business School, Department of Accountancy and Finance
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Gram-Charlier Density; Edgeworth Series; Valid Regions; Higher Coefficients; Higher Cumulants.

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Time-varying uncertainty and variance risk premium

2019 Financial Markets & Corporate Governance Conference, Journal of Macroeconomics, Vol. 69, 2021
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 23 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 01 Nov 2023
Xinfeng Ruan and Jin E. Zhang
Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University and University of Otago, Otago Business School, Department of Accountancy and Finance
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Time-varying uncertainty; AK production model; asset pricing; variance risk premium.

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Equilibrium Variance Risk Premium in a Cost-free Production Economy

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 10 May 2018 Last Revised: 10 Jan 2019
Xinfeng Ruan and Jin E. Zhang
Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University and University of Otago, Otago Business School, Department of Accountancy and Finance
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Variance risk premium; term structure; equity premium puzzle; cost-free production economy; affine model.

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Moment Spreads in the Energy Market

Energy Economics, Vol. 81, 2019
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 06 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 30 Oct 2023
Xinfeng Ruan and Jin E. Zhang
Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University and University of Otago, Otago Business School, Department of Accountancy and Finance
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Market Moment Spreads; Cross Section of Expected Returns; Energy Sector

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Testing and Forecasting Price Jumps with Return Moments

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 02 Sep 2023
Fang Zhen, Xinfeng Ruan and Jin E. Zhang
Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE) - China Economics and Management Academy, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University and University of Otago, Otago Business School, Department of Accountancy and Finance
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Jumps, Cubic variation, VIX

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The Price of Covid-19-Induced Uncertainty in the Options Market

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 07 Dec 2021 Last Revised: 30 Oct 2023
Jianhui Li, Xinfeng Ruan and Jin E. Zhang
University of Otago - Department of Accountancy and Finance, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University and University of Otago, Otago Business School, Department of Accountancy and Finance
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Uncertainty, Options market, COVID-19, WHO announcements, Government response

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Ambiguity on uncertainty and the equity premium

Finance Research Letters, Vol. 38, 2021
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 23 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 26 Oct 2023
Xinfeng Ruan and Jin E. Zhang
Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University and University of Otago, Otago Business School, Department of Accountancy and Finance
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Ambiguity; Multiple priors; Equity premium puzzle

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A Remark on Lin and Chang's Paper ‘Consistent Modeling of S&P 500 and Vix Derivatives’

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Vol. 36, No. 5, 2012
Posted: 03 Oct 2012
Shanghai Stock Exchange, University of Zurich - Swiss Banking Institute (ISB), University of Zurich and University of Otago, Otago Business School, Department of Accountancy and Finance

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VIX option pricing, affine jump diffusion, characteristic function

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VIX Futures

Journal of Futures Markets, Vol. 26, No. 6, pp. 521-531
Posted: 29 Aug 2005
Jin E. Zhang and Yingzi Zhu
University of Otago, Otago Business School, Department of Accountancy and Finance and Tsinghua University - School of Economics & Management

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VIX, VIX futures, square root process

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A Semi-Analytical Method for Pricing and Hedging Continuously Sampled Arithmetic Average Rate Options

Journal of Computational Finance, Vol. 5, No. 1
Posted: 08 Jan 2002
Jin E. Zhang
University of Otago, Otago Business School, Department of Accountancy and Finance

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Average rate Asian options, Arithmetic mean, Continuous sampling, Partial differential equation, Singularity removal technique

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Arithmetic Asian Options with Continuous Sampling

Posted: 02 Jul 1999
Jin E. Zhang
University of Otago, Otago Business School, Department of Accountancy and Finance

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