Don M. Chance

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge - Department of Finance

2900 BEC

Baton Rouge, LA 70803

United States

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge - E.J. Ourso College of Business Administration

James C. Flores Enowed Chair for MBA Studies

Baton Rouge, LA 70803-6308

United States

http://www.bus.lsu.edu/academics/finance/faculty/dchance/

  • Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge - Department of Finance

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1.

Swaptions and Options

Virginia Tech Department of Finance Working Paper No. 01-5
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 29 Nov 2001
Don M. Chance
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge - Department of Finance
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swaptions, options

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A Synthesis of Binomial Option Pricing Models for Lognormally Distributed Assets

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A Synthesis of Binomial Option Pricing Models for Lognormally Distributed Assets

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 11 Mar 2007 Last Revised: 04 Feb 2008
Don M. Chance
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge - Department of Finance
Downloads 899 (51,272)
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options, binomial model, option pricing

A Synthesis of Binomial Option Pricing Models for Lognormally Distributed Assets

Journal of Applied Finance (Formerly Financial Practice and Education), Vol. 18, No. 1, 2008
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 09 Dec 2015
Don M. Chance
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge - Department of Finance
Downloads 319 (183,048)

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FI-nance or Fi-NANCE: How 100 Experts Pronounce the Word

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 26 Jul 2018 Last Revised: 21 Sep 2018
Don M. Chance
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge - Department of Finance
Downloads 1,082 (40,173)

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finance, etymology, pronunciation

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Expensing Executive Stock Options: Sorting Out the Issues

Number of pages: 73 Posted: 15 Sep 2004
Don M. Chance
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge - Department of Finance
Downloads 768 (64,481)
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Options, stock options, accounting, FASB, executive stock options, employee stock options

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Private Information and the Exercise of Executive Stock Options

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 28 Sep 2005 Last Revised: 30 Oct 2007
Robert Brooks, Don M. Chance and Brandon N. Cline
Financial Risk Management LLC, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge - Department of Finance and Mississippi State University
Downloads 594 (89,447)
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Executive stock options, stock options, option exercises, private information, executive compensation, insider trading, insider information

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A Comparison of Alternative Bivariate Normal Probability Estimation Procedures for Compound and Min-Max Options

Virginia Tech Working Paper No. 99-1
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 21 Oct 1999
Senay Agca and Don M. Chance
George Washington University - School of Business, Department of Finance and Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge - Department of Finance
Downloads 585 (91,211)

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The Cross-Section of Individual Equity Option Returns

Number of pages: 114 Posted: 12 Oct 2021 Last Revised: 11 Apr 2022
Mobina Shafaati, Don M. Chance and Robert Brooks
Old Dominion University, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge - Department of Finance and Financial Risk Management LLC
Downloads 385 (150,295)

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Individual equity options, cross-section of delta-hedged option returns, big data, shrinkage, model uncertainty, model averaging *

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Expected Utility Valuation of Executive Stock Options in a Binomial Framework: A Comparative Analysis

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 04 Jul 2004
Don M. Chance and Tung-Hsiao Yang
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge - Department of Finance and National Chung Hsing University
Downloads 359 (162,405)

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Options, employee options, stock options, executive stock options

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Bragging Rights: Does Corporate Boasting Imply Value Creation?

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 26 Mar 2018
Pratik Kothari, Don M. Chance and Stephen P. Ferris
Oakland University - Department of Accounting and Finance, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge - Department of Finance and University of Missouri at Columbia - Department of Finance
Downloads 285 (207,581)

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shareholder wealth, shareholder value, shareholder wealth maximization, abnormal returns, accounting performance, textual analysis, press releases, annual report

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The Impact of Computational Error on the Volatility Smile

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 04 Apr 2013
Don M. Chance, Thomas A. Hanson, Weiping Li and Jayaram Muthuswamy
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge - Department of Finance, Butler University - Lacy School of Business, Civil Aviation Flight University of China and Kent State University
Downloads 270 (219,383)
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Black-Scholes-Merton model, option pricing, implied volatility, volatility, volatility smile, computational finance, options

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Pricing an Option on a Non-Decreasing Asset Value: An Application to Movie Revenue

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 18 Dec 2005
Don M. Chance, Eric T. Hillebrand and Jimmy E. Hilliard
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge - Department of Finance, Aarhus University and Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge - E.J. Ourso College of Business Administration
Downloads 246 (240,473)
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option pricing, gamma process, risk management, movie revenues, non-decreasing process, Bayesian update

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Covered Calls on the S&P 500: Resolution of an Anomaly

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 20 Mar 2018
Robert Brooks, Don M. Chance and Michael Lee Hemler
Financial Risk Management LLC, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge - Department of Finance and University of Notre Dame - Department of Finance (deceased)
Downloads 244 (242,385)

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options, call options, covered call writing, performance evaluation, alpha

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Microsoft's Employee Option Transfer Program

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 08 Mar 2006
Don M. Chance
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge - Department of Finance
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employee options, compensation, incentives

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The Valuation of Executive Stock Options when Executives Can Influence the Payoffs

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 12 Sep 2007 Last Revised: 05 Feb 2008
Tung-Hsiao Yang and Don M. Chance
National Chung Hsing University and Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge - Department of Finance
Downloads 193 (302,074)
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Managerial effort, stock option, expected utility model

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Consecutive Identical Returns and the Stanford Group Scandal

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 07 Jan 2010
Don M. Chance and Ashley Schexnaildre
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge - Department of Finance and Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge - Department of Finance
Downloads 185 (313,726)

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stock returns, fraud, Ponzi scheme

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An Empirical Analysis of Corporate Currency Risk Management Policies and Practices

Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Vol. 47, 2018
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 22 Mar 2019
Sungjae F. Kim and Don M. Chance
Furman University and Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge - Department of Finance
Downloads 162 (352,596)

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currency risk management, derivatives, hedging

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At-the-Money Stock Options, Incentives, and Shareholder Wealth

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 20 Nov 2007
Don M. Chance and Tung-Hsiao Yang
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge - Department of Finance and National Chung Hsing University
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executive stock options, stock options, executive compensation, incentives

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Taxation Without Replication

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 13 Aug 2006
Don M. Chance
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge - Department of Finance
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derivatives, index, replication, taxes

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Dividends on Unearned Shares and Corporate Payout Policy: An Analysis of Dividend Equivalent Rights

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 17 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 24 Apr 2019
Z. Tingting Jia and Don M. Chance
University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business and Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge - Department of Finance
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Dividend Equivalent, Dividend Equivalent Right, Executive Compensation, Corporate Governance, Dividend Policy

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A Documentative Look at Contract Approvals, Launches, and Successes in U. S. Futures Markets

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 05 Feb 2008
Don M. Chance
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge - Department of Finance
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futures markets, futures contracts, futures exchanges, options on futures

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Some Subtle Relationships and Results in Option Pricing

Journal of Applied Finance (Formerly Financial Practice and Education), Vol. 24, No. 1, 2014
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 31 Oct 2015
Robert Brooks and Don M. Chance
Financial Risk Management LLC and Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge - Department of Finance
Downloads 137 (403,805)

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Experimental Evidence on Portfolio Size and Diversification: Your Mileage May Vary ... A Lot

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 10 Oct 2009 Last Revised: 29 Dec 2009
Don M. Chance, Andrei Shynkevich and Tung-Hsiao Yang
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge - Department of Finance, Kent State University and National Chung Hsing University
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diversification, portfolio size, number of securities, experimental finance

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... And Forwards Begat Options: How 17th Century Financial Engineering Dealt with the Tulipmania Crisis and Created a New Financial Instrument

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 31 Aug 2023 Last Revised: 16 May 2024
Don M. Chance
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge - Department of Finance
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forward contracts, options, digital options, Tulipmania, Black-Scholes-Merton, derivatives, economic history, financial history

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The Effect of Executive Confidence, Ability, and Private Beliefs on the Valuation of Executive Stock Options

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 14 Mar 2011
Don M. Chance and Tung-Hsiao Yang
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge - Department of Finance and National Chung Hsing University
Downloads 97 (520,878)

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executive stock options, executive compensation

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When Actions Speak Louder than Words: Currency Management in Non-Financial Corporations

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 30 Aug 2014
Sungjae F. Kim and Don M. Chance
Furman University and Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge - Department of Finance
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currency risk management, derivatives, hedging

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The Class Certification of Exchange-Listed Options in Securities Class-Action Litigation

Tulane Public Law Research Paper No. 24-4
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 21 Feb 2024
Don M. Chance, Onnig H. Dombalagian and Steven P. Feinstein
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge - Department of Finance, Tulane University School of Law and Crowninshield Financial Research
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options, fraud on the market, securities litigation, class actions, Rule 10b-5, options market.

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The Cross-Section of Option Returns: Deriving Inferences in Sparse Models

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 29 Jun 2023
Mobina Shafaati, Don M. Chance and Robert Brooks
Old Dominion University, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge - Department of Finance and Financial Risk Management LLC
Downloads 50 (740,546)

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Cross-section of delta-hedged option returns, sparse models, model selection uncertainty, Bootstrap, post-selection estimation

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A Capital Structure Perspective on the National Debt

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 01 May 2024
Don M. Chance
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge - Department of Finance
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government debt, capital structure, federal fiscal policy, taxation

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The Alpha Bias in Asset Allocation Performance Measurement

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 Last Revised: 29 Dec 2014
Don M. Chance
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge - Department of Finance

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asset allocation, beta, market timing, performance measurement

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State of Wisconsin Investment Board

Posted: 17 Oct 1998
Don M. Chance
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge - Department of Finance

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The 'Repricing' of Executive Stock Options

Posted: 28 Jul 1997
Don M. Chance, Raman Kumar and Rebecca B. Todd
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge - Department of Finance, Virginia Tech - Pamplin College of Business and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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