Marc Chesney

University of Zurich - Department of Banking and Finance

Professor

Rämistrasse 71

Zürich, CH-8006

Switzerland

http://https://www.bf.uzh.ch/en/persons/chesney-marc

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1.

Detecting Abnormal Trading Activities in Option Markets

Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 11-42
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 13 Jan 2010 Last Revised: 23 Jan 2015
Marc Chesney, Remo Crameri and Loriano Mancini
University of Zurich - Department of Banking and Finance, University of Zurich - Swiss Banking Institute (ISB) and Università della Svizzera italiana (USI Lugano)
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Options Trades, Open Interest, False Discovery Rate, Massive dataset

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How Green is ‘Dark Green’? An Analysis of SFDR Article 9 Funds

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 28 Feb 2023
Adrien-Paul Lambillon and Marc Chesney
University of Zurich - Department of Finance and University of Zurich - Department of Banking and Finance
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responsible investment, sustainable investment, green investment, SRI, ESG, impact investing, regulation, SFDR, greenwashing

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The Endogenous Price Dynamics of Emission Allowances and an Application to CO2 Option Pricing

Applied Mathematical Finance, Vol. 19, No. 5, 2012, Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 08-02, EFA 2008 Athens Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 04 Feb 2008 Last Revised: 12 Oct 2013
Marc Chesney and Luca Taschini
University of Zurich - Department of Banking and Finance and University of Edinburgh Business School
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Asymmetric Information, Environmental Finance, European Emission Trading, Scheme, Trading Decisions

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Managerial Incentives to Take Asset Risk

Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 10-18, Forthcoming, Journal of Corporate Finance
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 25 Apr 2010 Last Revised: 20 Oct 2020
Marc Chesney, Jacob Stromberg, Alexander F. Wagner and Vincent Wolff
University of Zurich - Department of Banking and Finance, Swiss Finance Institute, University of Zurich - Department of Finance and University of Zurich - Department of Finance
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Asset risk-taking; compound options; executive compensation; financial crisis; managerial incentives; risk-shifting; write-downs

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The Impact of Terrorism on Financial Markets: An Empirical Study

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 28 Mar 2010
Marc Chesney, Mustafa Karaman and Ganna Reshetar
University of Zurich - Department of Banking and Finance, University of Zurich - Swiss Banking Institute (ISB) and Deloitte AG
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Terrorism, Financial Markets, Event Study, Non-Parametric Methodology, Filtered GARCH-EVT Approach, Portfolio Diversification

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Detecting Abnormal Trading Activities in Option Markets: Supplemental Appendix

Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 11-38
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 22 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 01 Apr 2015
Marc Chesney, Remo Crameri and Loriano Mancini
University of Zurich - Department of Banking and Finance, University of Zurich - Swiss Banking Institute (ISB) and Università della Svizzera italiana (USI Lugano)
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Options Trades, Open Interest, False Discovery Rate, Massive dataset, Financial Crisis

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Coupons, Competition, and Complexity: Security Design under Low Interest Rates

Number of pages: 98 Posted: 30 Dec 2019 Last Revised: 14 Nov 2023
Marc Chesney, Felix Fattinger, Nils Jonathan Krakow and Simon Straumann
University of Zurich - Department of Banking and Finance, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, University of Zurich - Department of Finance and WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management
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Financial innovation; reaching-for-yield; complexity; competition; risk-taking; dependency perception; overconfidence

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End of Life Decommissioning and Recycling of Solar Panels in the United States. A Real Options Analysis

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 03 Feb 2019 Last Revised: 12 Jun 2019
Carlos Vargas and Marc Chesney
University of Zurich, Department of Banking and Finance, Students and University of Zurich - Department of Banking and Finance
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Asset Deployment, Recycling, Real Options, Investments Under Uncertainty, Photo Voltaic Systems, Solar PV

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An Experimental Study on Real Option Strategies

Quantitative Finance, 12(11), 1753-1772, Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 09-50
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 25 Jan 2010 Last Revised: 06 Jan 2016
Mei Wang, Abraham Bernstein and Marc Chesney
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, University of Zurich - Dynamic and Distributed Information Systems Group and University of Zurich - Department of Banking and Finance
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Real Option, Experimental Economics, Heterogeneity

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American Parisian Options

Finance and Stochastics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 25 Jul 2006
Marc Chesney and Laurent Gauthier
University of Zurich - Department of Banking and Finance and University of Lorraine - CEREFIGE Research Center
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Parisian options, American options, excursions

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Experimental Comparison between Markets on Dynamic Permit Trading and Investment in Irreversible Abatement with and without Non-Regulated Companies

Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment Working Paper No. 41, Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy Working Paper No. 51
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 04 Dec 2010 Last Revised: 12 Oct 2013
Luca Taschini, Marc Chesney and Mei Wang
University of Edinburgh Business School, University of Zurich - Department of Banking and Finance and WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management
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Irreversible Abatement, Stochastic Emissions, Dynamic Trading, Participation Restrictions, Non-compliance Entities.

12.

Stock Options and Managers' Incentives to Cheat

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 20 Jan 2005
Marc Chesney and Rajna Gibson
University of Zurich - Department of Banking and Finance and University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI)
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Executive compensation, fraud, incentives, stock options

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What are You Waiting to Invest? Long-Term Investment in Grid-Connected Residential Solar Energy in California. A Real Options Analysis.

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 27 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 12 Jun 2019
Carlos Vargas and Marc Chesney
University of Zurich, Department of Banking and Finance, Students and University of Zurich - Department of Banking and Finance
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Renewable Energy, Real Options, Investments under uncertainty, Photo voltaic systems, Solar PV, Renewables

14.

The Value of Tradeability

Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 11-37
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 21 Sep 2011
Marc Chesney and Alexander Kempf
University of Zurich - Department of Banking and Finance and University of Cologne - Department of Finance & Centre for Financial Research (CFR)
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Tradeability, Liquidity, Option Pricing

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Uncertainty and Global Warming: An Option-Pricing Approach to Policy

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Marc Chesney, Andrea Baranzini and Jacques P. Morisset
University of Zurich - Department of Banking and Finance, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland - Geneva School of Business Administration and World Bank - Foreign Investment Advisory Service (FIAS)
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Parisian Options with Jumps: A Maturity–Excursion Randomization Approach

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 09 Aug 2017
Marc Chesney and Nikola Vasiljevic
University of Zurich - Department of Banking and Finance and University of Zurich, Department of Banking and Finance
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Parisian Options, Maturity–Excursion Randomization, Hyper-Exponential Jump–Diffusion Model, Excursion Disentanglement

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Options Listing and the Volatility of the Underlying Asset: A Study on the Derivative Market Function

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 18 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 27 Jul 2009
Marc Chesney and William Eid Jr.
University of Zurich - Department of Banking and Finance and Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV)
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Option introduction, volatility, volatility of volatility, GARCH

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Endogenous Trading in Credit Default Swaps

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Endogenous Trading in Credit Default Swaps

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 14 Jul 2016
Marc Chesney, Delia Coculescu and Selim Gökay
University of Zurich - Department of Banking and Finance, University of Zurich - Department of Banking and Finance and Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin)
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CDS, moral hazard, real options, switching option, default risk, optimal stopping problems, Longstaff-Schwarz algorithm

Endogenous Trading in Credit Default Swaps

Posted: 23 Jun 2016
Marc Chesney, Delia Coculescu and Selim Gökay
University of Zurich - Department of Banking and Finance, University of Zurich - Department of Banking and Finance and Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin)

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CDS, moral hazard, real options, switching option, default risk, optimal stopping problems, Longstaff-Schwarz algorithm

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Long-Term Choices for Quinoa Farmers in Puno, Peru: A Real Options Case Study

International Journal of Food and Agricultural Economics, Vol. 6, No. 4, 2018, pp. 1-19 ISSN 2147-8988, E-ISSN: 2149-3766
Posted: 22 May 2018 Last Revised: 19 Jan 2019
Anca Balietti, Marc Chesney and Carlos Vargas
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), University of Zurich - Department of Banking and Finance and University of Zurich, Department of Banking and Finance, Students

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Quinoa; Smallholder; Real Options; Risk Assessment; Waru waru; Food security; Latin America

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The Investment Policy and the Pricing of Equity in a Levered Firm: A Reexamination of the Contingent Claims' Valuation Approach

Posted: 22 May 2000
Marc Chesney and Rajna Gibson
University of Zurich - Department of Banking and Finance and University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI)

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