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theory it is shown how the fundamental arbitrage pricing relationships implied by the derivative character of the ecu have to …This paper considers arbitrage pricing of bonds and the determination of interest rates in the European Currency Unit … existing member currency assets and the member currencies' exchange rates. Using the technical apparatus of arbitrage pricing …
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This paper considers a general class of nonlinear rational-expectations models in which policymakers seek to maximize an objective function that may be household expected utility. We show how to derive a target criterion that is: (i) consistent with the model's structural equations, (ii) strong...
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We examine the effect of introducing stochastic shocks into a linear rational expectations model with saddlepoint dynamics generated by a forward looking asset price. We derive the fundamental differential equation governing the path of the asset price as a function of the 'sluggish' variable....
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making investments today and waiting for arbitrage opportunities in future is the combination of occasional fire sales and … fire sales in other types that are fundamentally unrelated, provided arbitrage activity in these investments is sourced …
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markets. Arbitrage opportunities between redundant risky assets arise endogenously in an economy populated by rational …, heterogeneous investors facing restrictions on leverage and short sales. An arbitrageur, indulging in costless, riskless arbitrage … arbitrageur lacks market power, they always take on the largest arbitrage position possible. When the arbitrageur behaves …
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This paper provides real-time evidence on the frequency, size, duration and economic significance of arbitrage …
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The prices of Greek closed-end funds behave similarly to the prices of US funds: they deviate substantially from their net asset values (NAVs); they are more volatile than their NAVs; and they are overly-sensitive to the movements of the domestic stock market index. Furthermore, their premia...
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The standard expectations augmented theory of ex-ante purchasing power parity (PPP), which was first developed by Roll …
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This paper derives arbitrage trading strategies taking into account the fact that the actions of arbitrageurs impact … prices. This avoids the difficulty of having to rely on exogenous position limits to prevent infinite arbitrage profits. When … spite of arbitrage. Financial constraints are also responsible for periods of excessively volatile prices and for the time …
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We use retail transaction prices for a multinational retailer to examine the extent and permanence of violations of the law of one price (LOOP) for identical products sold in a variety of countries. We find median deviations of twenty to fifty percent. The differences are not systematic across...
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