by Lee Yiu Cho. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 47). / ACKNOWLEDGMENT --- p.iii / ABSTRACT --- p.iv / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.v / LIST OF CHARTS --- p.vi / Chapter / Chapter I. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter II. --- THE HANG SENG INDEX OPTION --- p.3 / Chapter III. --- LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.6 / Chapter IV. --- METHODOLOGY & DATA COLLECTION --- p.9 / Methodology --- p.9 / The Black-Scholes Model --- p.9 / Data Collection --- p.11 / Data Manipulation --- p.13 / Limitation of Data --- p.14 / Chapter V. --- EMPIRICAL RESULTS --- p.16 / General Trading Pattern --- p.16 / Comparison of Actual and Theoretical Premiums --- p.17 / Analysis for 2 Sub-periods --- p.19 / Correlation Between Deviations and Variables --- p.22 / The Degree of in-the-money or out-of-the-money --- p.22 / Actual Premium Level --- p.23 / Transaction Volume --- p.25 / Chapter VI. --- CONCLUSION --- p.26 / CHARTS --- p.29 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.47

The development and introduction of financial derivatives have great impact on modern finance. Option pricing theory has become a powerful tool to value and to understand these innovations. It is also an indispensable tool to calculate hedge ratios for risk measurement and management. On the one hand, the introduction of new financial derivatives has been blamed for making financial market more volatile and risky as evidenced in the financial markets of the USA and Japan, especially during the expiration of index futures and index options, On the other hand, the applicability of new pricing models to hedging strategies is essential in monitoring and managing option positions. This study tries to give some answers on first: whether the expiration of financial derivatives increases the volatility of the Hong Kong stock market; second: whether we can better hedge by straightly applying more elaborated option valuation models replacing the standard Black-Scholes model, which market participants commonly employed for hedging option positions. Part I of this article addresses the first question while Part II studies the second question. / Yung Hei Ming. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 62-09, Section: A, page: 3138. / Supervisor: Zhang Hua. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references. / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest dissertations and theses, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest Information and Learning Company, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / School code: 1307.

by Wan Chi-Keung. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 33-34). / TABLE OF CONTENTS / ABSTRACT --- p.ii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iii / LIST OF FIGURES --- p.iv / LIST OF TABLE --- p.v / ACKNOWLEDGEMENT --- p.vi / Chapter / Chapter I. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter II. --- VOLATILITY SMILE --- p.4 / The Black- Scholes Model --- p.6 / The Implied Tree --- p.7 / The Implied Probability Distribution --- p.10 / Chapter III. --- LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.12 / Chapter IV. --- RECOVERING PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS OF HSI --- p.18 / Shimko's Method --- p.19 / Data Selection --- p.22 / Probability Distributions of HSI --- p.23 / Chapter V. --- CONLUDING REMARKS --- p.27 / APPENDIX --- p.30 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.33