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In this paper we show how style analysis of mutual funds can be used to circumvent the problem of self-reported investment styles, and to improve relative performance evaluation. Subsequently, we relate style analysis to performance evaluation and present results on the performance of Dutch...
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This paper studies the issue of moral hazard in the presence of decentralized international risk sharing.In the model … presented, risk sharing is achieved through macro markets (markets in which claims to the GDP of a country can be traded …).Moral hazard arises for the following reason: if foreigners hold claims to domestic GDP due to risk sharing motives, the country …
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homogeneous goods market with non-lumpy investments. In our model, inefficient entry decisions are the result of risk-aversion of … incumbent producers and consumers, combined with incomplete financial markets which limit risk-sharing between market actors …. Investments in productive assets affect the distribution of equilibrium prices and quantities, and create risk spillovers. From a …
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In this paper, we analyze the economic value of predicting index returns as well as volatility. On the basis of fairly simple linear models, estimated recursively, we produce genuine out-of-sample forecasts for the return on the S&P 500 index and its volatility. Using monthly data from...
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This paper analyzes the portfolio structure of households in the Netherlands. It considers the allocation of financial wealth to two major asset categories, namely saving accounts on the one hand and stocks and bonds on the other hand. The latter category is considered to be more risky than the...
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We analyze households' joint investment decisions for financial wealth and homes.In our bivariate censored regression model with endogenous switching, fixed costs or transaction costs are captured by a threshold that has to be passed before the purchase.The model allows for spill-over effects of...
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AMS classifications: 90C15; 90C20; 90C90; 49M29;
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ethical issues is likely to destroy shareholder value. Furthermore, the risk-adjusted returns of SRI funds in the US and UK …
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annuity risk at retirement. Optimally, the investor allocates wealth at retirement to nominal, inflation-linked, and variable … structure variables and risk premia significantly improves the optimal annuity choice, ii) restricting the annuity menu to … the optimal investment strategy before retirement induced by the annuity demand due to inflation risk and time …
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