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To what extent can the future price of icon wines be anticipated from information available at the time of their initial sale by wineries? Using a hedonic model we show that weather variables and changes in production techniques, along with the age of the wine, have significant power in...
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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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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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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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In this Paper we study the changes in corporate valuation induced by the formation of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU …
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this uncertainty was unusually high in the late 1990s. We calibrate a stock valuation model that includes this uncertainty …
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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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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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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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We study how political boundaries and fiscal competition interact with the labor and land markets to determine the economic structure and performance of metropolitan areas. Contrary to general belief, institutional fragmentation need not be welfare-decreasing, and commuting from the suburbs to...
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