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We present a model where arbitrageurs operate on an asset market that can be hit by information shocks. Before entering the market, arbitrageurs are allowed to optimize their capital structure, in order to take advantage of potential underpricing. We find that, at equilibrium, some arbitrageurs...
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We model the asset allocation decision of a defined benefit pension fund using a stochastic dynamic programming approach. Our model recognizes the fact that asset allocation decisions are made by trustees who are mandated to act in the best interests of beneficiaries - not by sponsoring...
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We model the asset allocation decision of a stylized corporate defined benefit pension plan in the presence of hedgeable and unhedgeable risks. We assume that plan fiduciaries--who make the asset allocation decision--face non-linear payoffs linked to the plan’s funding status because of the...
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We develop a model where wealthy investors have an incentive to become controlling shareholders because they can earn additional benefits by expropriating outside shareholders. As a consequence, in countries where minority investor rights are poorly protected, both domestic and foreign portfolio...
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Using a data-set that provides unprecedented details on individual investors’ stockholdings, we analyse whether investors take into account corporate governance when they select stocks. After controlling for the supply effect via free float and other firm characteristics, we find that all...
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This paper takes a systematic look at the portfolio choice problem faced by investment banks or funds investing in transition economies. We relate the performance of projects in the transition economies to the broader macroeconomic and international environment, which affect the project through...
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withdrawal of employers and external insurers as risk bearers of systematic financial and longevity risks. Partly because of … pension: the Personal Pension with Risk sharing (PPR). By unbundling and valuing the investment, (dis)saving, insurance and … risk-sharing functions of pensions, PPRs allow risk management and (dis)saving to be customized to the specific features of …
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theaters and trades, why they run, what determines the risk, whether to return to the theater or trade when the dust settles …, and how much to pay for assets (or tickets) in light of this risk. These theoretical considerations shed light on the …
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-performance relationship by manipulating her risk exposure. In a dynamic portfolio choice framework, we show that as the year-end approaches … risky asset despite its positive risk premium. Under multiple sources of risk, with both systematic and idiosyncratic risks … present, we show that optimal managerial risk shifting may not necessarily involve taking on any idiosyncratic risk. Costs of …
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-performance relationship by manipulating her risk exposure. In a dynamic portfolio choice framework, we show that the ensuing convexities in … the manager's objective give rise to a finite risk-shifting range over which she gambles to finish ahead of her benchmark …. Such gambling entails either an increase or a decrease in the volatility of the manager's portfolio, depending on her risk …
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