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Wiederaufbau der Finanzmärkte
Ackermann, Josef (contributor) - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013439726
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Der Euro in stürmischen Zeiten : Beiträge von Otmar Issing zur Wirtschafts- und Währungspolitik am Center for Financial Studies 2006-2015
Issing, Otmar - Center for Financial Studies - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011478326
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Weather forecasting for weather derivatives
Campbell, Sean D.; Diebold, Francis X. - Center for Financial Studies - 2004
We take a simple time-series approach to modeling and forecasting daily average temperature in U.S. cities, and we inquire systematically as to whether it may prove useful from the vantage point of participants in the weather derivatives market. The answer is, perhaps surprisingly, yes....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010958801
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Weather Forecasting for Weather Derivatives
Campbell, Sean D.; Diebold, Francis X. - Center for Financial Studies - 2004
We take a simple time-series approach to modeling and forecasting daily average temperature in U.S. cities, and we inquire systematically as to whether it may prove useful from the vantage point of participants in the weather derivatives market. The answer is, perhaps surprisingly, yes....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005176448
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Private equity returns and disclosure around the world
Walz, Uwe; Cumming, Douglas - Center for Financial Studies - 2004
We study the returns the venture capital and private equity investment from 221 venture capital and private equity funds that are part of 72 venture capital and private equity firms, 5040 entrepreneurial firms (3826 venture capital and 1214 private equity), and spanning 32 years (1971 2003) and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010986361
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Disentangling the importance of the precautionary saving motive
Kennickell, Arthur; Lusardi, Annamaria - Center for Financial Studies - 2005
We evaluate the importance of the precautionary saving motive by relying on a direct question about precautionary wealth from the 1995 and 1998 waves of the Survey of Consumer Finances. In this survey, a new question has been designed to elicit the amount of desired precautionary wealth. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010958504
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A tractable model of buffer stock saving
Carroll, Christopher D.; Toche, Patrick - Center for Financial Studies - 2009
We present a tractable model of the effects of nonfinancial risk on intertemporal choice. Our purpose is to provide a … economy, where most modelers have chosen not to incorporate serious nonfinancial risk because available methods were too … most of the key implications of nonfinancial risk for intertemporal choice. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010958579
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Private equity-, stock- and mixed asset-portfolios: A bootstrap approach to determine performance characteristics, diversification benefits and optimal portfolio allocations
Schmidt, Daniel - Center for Financial Studies - 2003
In this article, we investigate risk return characteristics and diversification benefits when private equity is used as …. There is a high marginal diversifiable risk reduction of about 80% when the portfolio size is increased to include 15 … investments. When the portfolio size is increased from 15 to 200 there are few marginal risk diversification effects on the one …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010958618
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Precautionary saving and the marginal propensity to consume out of permanent income
Carroll, Christopher D. - Center for Financial Studies - 2009
The budget constraint requires that, eventually, consumption must adjust fully to any permanent shock to income. Intuition suggests that, knowing this, optimizing agents will fully adjust their spending immediately upon experiencing a permanent shock. However, this paper shows that if consumers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010958808
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Private equity-, stock- and mixed asset-portfolios: A bootstrap approach to determine performance characteristics, diversification benefits and optimal portfolio allocations
Schmidt, Daniel - Center for Financial Studies - 2004
In this article, we investigate risk return characteristics and diversification benefits when private equity is used as …. There is a high marginal diversifiable risk reduction of about 80% when the portfolio size is increased to include 15 … investments. When the portfolio size is increased from 15 to 200 there are few marginal risk diversification effects on the one …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005022456