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The goal of this paper is to assess, for the first time, the empirical impact of "Kaynes' beauty contest", or "higher order belief", on asset price volatility. The paper shows that heterogeneous expectations induce higher order beliefs and that heterogeneous expectation asset pricing models...
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IPOmarket. We also find evidence for lower initial returns under increasedcompetition among investment banks, and more accurate …
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This paper presents a new method to detect informed trading activities in the options markets.An option trade is identified as informed when it is characterized by an unusual largeincrement in open interest and volume, induces large gains, and is not hedged in the stock market.For the period...
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banks not involved in investment banking activities are superior to those of investment banks. …
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from an investment perspective. …
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Theories of investment suggest that the option value of waiting to invest is significant in many branches of economics …, where investment is irreversible. The existing literature has generally failed to account for the general equilibrium … moderate levels of risk aversion. Our analysis demonstrates that the implications of partial equilibrium models of investment …
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We introduce a new analytical approach to price American options. Using an explicit and intuitive proxy for the exercise rule, we derive tractable pricing formulas using a short-maturity asymptotic expansion. Depending on model parameters, this method can accurately price options with...
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In this study, we examine whether changes in the investment opportunityset stemming from interest rate and credit risks …
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This study finds that a model with internal habit memory allowsto simultaneously explain a series of business cycle and asset pricing puzzles. Compared to the literature, the equity premium puzzle can be resolved in a model with endogenous labor, without giving rise to excessive risk free rate...
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We analyse questions of arbitrage in financial markets in which asset prices change in time as stationary stochastic processes. The main focus of the paper is on a model where the price vectors are independent and identically distributed. In the framework of this model, we find conditions that...
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