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The Valuation Channel of International Adjustment

Ghironi, Fabio; Lee, Jaewoo; Rebucci, Alessandro - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

position through the “valuation channel” of external adjustment, namely capital gains and losses on the country’s external … assets and liabilities. We examine this valuation channel theoretically in a dynamic equilibrium portfolio model with … quantities in the definition of net foreign assets, we can characterize the first-order dynamics of both valuation effects and …

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International Financial Adjustment

Gourinchas, Pierre-Olivier; Rey, Hélène - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

stabilizing valuation effects contribute as much as 31% of the external adjustment. Our theory also has asset-pricing implications … to two years ahead and net exports at longer horizons. The exchange rate affects the trade balance and the valuation of …

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Slow Moving Capital

Mitchell, Mark; Pedersen, Lasse Heje; Pulvino, Todd - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

We study three cases in which specialized arbitrageurs lost significant amounts of capital and, as a result, became liquidity demanders rather than providers. The effects on security markets were large and persistent: Prices dropped relative to fundamentals and the rebound took months. While...

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Stock Valuation and Learning about Profitability

Pástor, Luboš; Veronesi, Pietro - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

We develop a simple approach to valuing stocks in the presence of learning about average profitability. The market-to-book ratio (M/B) increases with uncertainty about average profitability, especially for firms that pay no dividends. M/B is predicted to decline over a firm's lifetime due to...

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Predatory Trading

Brunnermeier, Markus K; Pedersen, Lasse Heje - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

This Paper studies predatory trading: trading that induces and/or exploits other investors’ need to reduce their positions. We show that if one trader needs to sell, others also sell and subsequently buy back the asset. This leads to price overshooting and a reduced liquidation value for the...

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The Euro is Good After All: Evidence from Corporate Valuations

Bris, Arturo; Koskinen, Yrjö; Nilsson, Mattias - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

In this Paper we study the changes in corporate valuation induced by the formation of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU …

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Was There A Nasdaq Bubble in the Late 1990s?

Pástor, Luboš; Veronesi, Pietro - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

this uncertainty was unusually high in the late 1990s. We calibrate a stock valuation model that includes this uncertainty …

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Demand-Based Option Pricing

Garleanu, Nicolae Bogdan; Pedersen, Lasse Heje; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

We model the demand-pressure effect on prices when options cannot be perfectly hedged. The model shows that demand pressure in one option contract increases its price by an amount proportional to the variance of the unhedgeable part of the option. Similarly, the demand pressure increases the...

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Can We Measure Hospital Quality from Physicians' Choices?

Machado, Matilde Pinto; Mora, Ricardo; Romero-Medina, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

In this paper, we propose an alternative methodology for ranking hospitals based on the choices of Medical School graduates over hospital training vacancies. Our methodology is therefore a revealed preference approach. Our methodology for measuring relative hospital quality has the following...

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(Measured) Profit is Not Welfare: Evidence from an Experiment on Bundling Microcredit and Insurance

Banerjee, Abhijit; Duflo, Esther; Hornbeck, Richard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

We investigate the puzzle of microfinance: that loans generate large measured returns for businesses, yet loan take-up is low and the businesses often close. We analyze a randomized trial that bundled microfinance loans with a cheap health insurance policy. Requiring clients to purchase...

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