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PP Peer-Reviewed Academic Publications

 

Applied Mathematical Finance

·       "A theoretical investigation of randomized asset allocation strategies" (with S. Posner), Applied Mathematical Finance, Vol. 5(2), June 1998, pg. 117-130.  PDF

 

Financial Services Review

·       "Variable Annuities versus Mutual Funds: A Monte Carlo Analysis of the Options", Financial Services Review, Vol. 10, 2001, pg. 145-161     PDF

 

·        "International equity diversification and shortfall risk" (with K. Ho and C. Robinson), Financial Services Review, Vol. 8 (1), 1999, pg. 11-25    PDF

 

·        "The Optimal Choice of Indexed-Linked GICs: Some Canadian Evidence" (with S. Kim), Financial Services Review, Vol. 6(4), 1997, pg. 271-284.    PDF

 

·        "Asset Allocation, Life Expectancy and Shortfall" (with K. Ho and C. Robinson), Financial Services Review, Vol. 3(2), 1994, pg. 109-126.  PDF

 

Insurance Mathematics and Economics

·       "Optimal Asset Allocation in Life Annuities: A Note" (with N. Charupat), Insurance Mathematics and Economics, Vol. 30, 2002, pg. 199-209    PDF 

 

·        "Mortality Derivatives and the Option to Annuitize", (with S.D. Promislow), Insurance Mathematics and Economics, December 2001, Vol. 29, pg. 299-318   PDF 

 

·        "Martingales, scale functions and stochastic life annuities: a note" Insurance Mathematics and Economics, Vol. 24(1-2), March 1999, pg. 149-154   PDF

 

·        "The present value of a stochastic perpetuity and the Gamma distribution", Insurance Mathematics and Economics, Vol. 20(3), October 1997, pg. 243-250.   PDF

 

International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Finance (IJTAF)

·        "A Continuous-Time Reexamination of Dollar Cost Averaging" (with S. Posner), International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Finance (IJTAF), TO APPEAR

 

Multinational Finance Journal

·       "Tax Effects in Canadian Equity Option Markets" (with E. Prisman), Multinational Finance Journal, Vol. 1(2), June 1997, pg. 101-122    PDF

 

North American Actuarial Journal

·       "Optimal Annuitization Policies: Analysis of the Options", North American Actuarial Journal, Vol. 5(1), January 2001, pg. 57-69     PDF

 

  • "Self-Annuitization and Ruin in Retirement" (with C. Robinson), North American Actuarial Journal, Vol. 4(4), October 2000, pg. 112-129    PDF

 

Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting

  • "Time Diversification, Safety-First and Risk", Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Vol. 12(3), May 1999, pg. 271-281     PDF

 

  • "Asset Allocation Via The Conditional First Exit Time or How To Avoid Outliving your Money" (with K. Ho and C. Robinson), Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Vol. 9(1), July 1997, pg. 53-70.     PDF

 

The Journal of Derivatives

  • "A Closed-Form Approximation for Valuing Basket Options", (with S. Posner), The Journal of Derivatives, Vol. 5(4), Summer 1998, pg. 54-61. PDF

 

The Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

  • "Asian Options, The Sum of Lognormals and the Reciprocal Gamma Distribution", (with S. Posner), The Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Vol. 33(3), September 1998, pg. 409-422.    PDF 

 

The Journal of Financial Engineering

  • "Valuing Exotic Options by Approximating the SPD with Higher Moments" (with S. Posner), The Journal of Financial Engineering, Vol. 7(2), June 1998, pg. 109-125   PDF

 

The Journal of Risk and Insurance

  • "The Titanic Option: Valuation of the Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit in Variable Annuities and Mutual Funds" (with S. Posner), The Journal of Risk and Insurance, Vol. 68(1), March 2001, pg. 55-79    PDF

 

  • "Mortality Swaps and Tax Arbitrage in the Canadian Insurance and Annuity Markets" (with N. Charupat), The Journal of Risk and Insurance, Vol. 68(2), June 2001, pg. 124-147    PDF

 

  • "Optimal Asset Allocation Towards the End of the Life Cycle: To Annuitize or Not to Annuitize?", The Journal of Risk and Insurance, Vol. 65(3), September 1998, pg. 401-426 PDF

 

The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance

  • "Hedging and Pricing with Tax Law Uncertainty: Managing under an Arkansas Best Doctrine", (with E. Prisman), The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Vol. 39(1), Spring 1999, pg. 149-170.     PDF
     

PP Peer-Reviewed Practitioner Publications

 

Canadian Investment Review

  • "Risk-Adjusted Retirement" (with K. Ho and C. Robinson), Canadian Investment Review, Vol. 9(1), Spring 1996, pg. 19-27.    PDF 

 

  • "How to Avoid Outliving Your Money" (with K. Ho and C. Robinson), Canadian Investment Review, Vol. 7(3), Fall 1994, pg. 35-38. Reprinted in The Advisor's Guide to Financial Research, published by Rogers Media Inc, 1999.

 

Derivatives Quarterly

  • "Another Moment for the Average Option", (with S. Posner), Derivatives Quarterly, Vol. 5(4), Summer 1999, pg. 47-53.    PDF

 

RISK Magazine

  • "Optional Taxes" (with  Eliezer Prisman), RISK Magazine, Vol. 10(9), September 1997, pg. 133-137.     PDF

 

The Journal of Retirement Planning

  • "Spending Your Retirement in Monte Carlo", The Journal of Retirement Planning, January/February, 2001, pg. 21-29.    PDF
     

P PRefereed Conference and Seminar Proceedings

  • "Asian Options, The Sum of Lognormals and the Reciprocal Gamma Distribution", (with S. Posner), Courant Institute (NYU) Lecture Notes in Mathematical Finance, edited by M. Avellaneda, World Scientific Publishing, 1999. 
  • "Hedging and Pricing with Tax Law Uncertainty: Managing Under an Arkansas Best Doctrine", (with E. Prisman), Research Symposium Proceedings of the Chicago Board of Trade. Chicago, December 1997. 
  • "Is Your Standard of Living Sustainable During Retirement? Ruin Probabilities, Asian Options and Life Annuities", (with C. Robinson), Proceedings of the Society of Actuaries Retirement Needs Framework Conference, Orlando, FL, December 1998.
  • "International Diversification and Shortfall Risk", (with C. Robinson and K. Ho), Finance Proceedings of the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada, Vol. 18(1), St. Johns NFLD, May 1997. 
  • "A Tax-Adjusted Algorithm for Pricing Derivative Securities Using The Symbolic Computational Language MAPLE" (with E. Prisman), Proceedings of the Conference on Computational Intelligence for Financial Engineering, New York City, March 1997. 
  • "Is Random Time-Diversification a Substitute for Static Space-Diversification?" (with S. Posner), Proceedings of the Conference on Mathematical Finance, Aarhus University, Denmark, June 1996. 
  • "Is There a Tax-Induced January Effect In the Canadian Equity Options Market?" (with E. Prisman), Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Derivative Securities Conference, Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University, April 1995. 
  • "Asset Allocation via the Conditional First Exit Time or How To Avoid Outliving your Money" (with K. Ho and C. Robinson), Proceedings of the 4th Annual Actuarial Approach for Financial Risks International Colloquium, Vol. 1, pg. 329-348. 

 PPBooks

  • Money Logic: Financial Strategies for the Smart Investor (with M. Posner), Stoddart Publishing, 1999, Canada. 
  • The Probability of Fortune: Financial Strategies with the Best Odds (with M. Posner), Stoddart Publishing, 2000, U.S. 
  • Insurance Logic: Risk Management Strategies for Canadians, 2nd Edition (with A. Gottesman), Captus Press Inc., 2004, Canada. 
     
  • Wealth Logic: Wisdom for Improving Your Personal Finances, Captus Press Inc., 2002
     

  

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