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This paper evaluates the Morningstar mutual fund ranking system. We find that indeed higher Morningstar ratings are associated with higher returns on the portfolios including respectively five-, four-, three-, two- and one-star funds only (STAR5 to STAR1). We then perform an unconditional and...
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This paper proposes a theoretical model that incorporates corporate governance into the basic CAPM, where corporate …
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liquidity risk, credit risk (financial and sovereign), and interest rate expectations. Our results suggest that liquidity risk … is the main determinant of the volatility of the policy spread, but also that private bank credit risk has become more … fears. In addition, the ECB appears to have been more effective in addressing liquidity risk since the onset of the crisis …
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This paper extends the standard human capital model with real options. Real options influence investment behavior when risky investments in human capital are irreversible and individuals can affect the timing of the investment. Option values make individuals more reluctant to invest in human...
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Workfare policies are often introduced in labour market policies to improve the trade-off between incentives and insurance as an alternative to benefit reductions. Most of the debate on such policies has focussed on the direct effect of those participating in the scheme, and in particular the...
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even if the risk-free asset return is correlated with other risky assets' returns. However, equivalence fails to hold on an …
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This paper analyzes theoretically and empirically how upstream markets are affected by deregulation downstream. Deregulation tends to increase the level of uncertainty in the upstream market. Our theoretical analysis predicts that deregulated firms respond to this increase in uncertainty by...
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potentially loss averse around their expected outcome make risky investments in education and we draw on optimal tax theory to … explore the design of policy. The model highlights the critical roles played by (i) the relationship between behavioural risk … preferences, standard risk aversion and labour supply behaviour, (ii) the risk properties of education, and (iii) the degree of …
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, the usual asymmetry in evaluation by sellers and buyers is observed. An econometric estimation sheds new light on its …
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Banks play a critical role in international trade by providing trade finance products that reduce the risk of exporting …
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