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A study on options hedge against purchase cost fluctuation in supply contracts.

He, Huifen. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 44-48). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Motivation --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Literature Review --- p.4 / Chapter 1.2.1 --- Supply Contracts under Price Uncertainty --- p.5 / Chapter 1.2.2 --- Dual Sourcing --- p.6 / Chapter 1.2.3 --- Risk Aversion in Inventory Management --- p.6 / Chapter 1.2.4 --- Hedging Operational Risk Using Financial Instruments --- p.7 / Chapter 1.2.5 --- Financial Literature --- p.9 / Chapter 1.3 --- Organization of the Thesis --- p.10 / Chapter 2 --- A Risk-Neutral Model --- p.12 / Chapter 2.1 --- Framework and Assumptions --- p.12 / Chapter 2.2 --- "Price, Forward and Convenience Yield" --- p.14 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Stochastic Model of Price --- p.14 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Marginal Convenience Yield --- p.16 / Chapter 2.3 --- Optimality Equations --- p.17 / Chapter 2.4 --- The Structure of the Optimal Policy --- p.21 / Chapter 2.4.1 --- One-period. Optimal Hedge Decision Rule --- p.21 / Chapter 2.4.2 --- One-period Optimal Orderings Decision Rule --- p.23 / Chapter 2.4.3 --- Optimal Policy --- p.24 / Chapter 3 --- A Risk-Averse Model --- p.28 / Chapter 3.1 --- Risk Aversion Modeling and Utility Function --- p.28 / Chapter 3.2 --- Multi-Period Inventory Modelling --- p.31 / Chapter 3.3 --- Exponential Utility Model --- p.33 / Chapter 3.4 --- Optimal Ordering and Hedging Policy for Multi-Period Problem --- p.37 / Chapter 4 --- Conclusion and Future Research --- p.40 / Bibliography --- p.44 / Chapter A --- Appendix --- p.49 / Chapter A.l --- Notation --- p.49 / Chapter A.2 --- K-Concavity --- p.50

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_326272
Date January 2008
ContributorsHe, Huifen., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management.
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish, Chinese
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, vi, 55 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
RightsUse of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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