Exchanges often impose daily limits for asset price changes. These restrictions have a direct impact on the prices of options traded on these assets. In this paper, we derive closed-form solution of option pricing formula when there are restrictions on changes in underlying asset prices. Using numerical examples, we illustrate that very often the impact of such restrictions on option prices is ...

Many firms have stockholders who face severe restrictions on their ability to sell their shares and diversify the risk of their personal wealth. We study the costs of these liquidity restrictions on stockholders using a continuous-time portfolio choice framework. These restrictions have major effects on the optimal investment and consumption strategies because of the need to hedge the illiquid ...

Many firms have stockholders who face severe restrictions on their ability to sell their shares and diversify the risk of their personal wealth. We study the costs of these liquidity restrictions on stockholders using a continuous-time portfolio choice framework. The economic cost of these restrictions can be large and many stockholders would actually be better off if they could sell their rest...