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effects of equal magnitude, and leverage, which refers to the negative correlation between the returns shocks and subsequent …
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effects of equal magnitude, and leverage, which refers to the negative correlation between the returns shocks and subsequent …
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stochastic volatility model contains non-Gaussian return innovations and leverage effects. The empirical results reveal that …
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on conditional volatility of positive and negative effects of equal magnitude, and leverage, which is the negative … between asymmetry and leverage, as well as which asymmetric models are purported to be able to capture leverage, the purpose … appropriate regularity conditions; and (2) to show that leverage is not possible in these univariate conditional volatility models. …
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volatility smirk, both for time series and cross sections of companies. These results may help to disentangle the leverage effect …
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effects of equal magnitude, EGARCH can also accommodate leverage, which is the negative correlation between returns shocks and …
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In this paper we introduce flexibility as an economic concept and apply it to the firm’ssecurity issuance decision and capital structure choice. Flexibility is the ability to makedecisions that one thinks are best even when others disagree. The firm’s management valuesflexibility because it...
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assets is a main determinantof corporate leverage. To establish this link, our analysis uses an instrumental variables … driver of leverage for firms that are likely to face creditfrictions (small, unrated firms). Our tests also show that asset …
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We develop an economic theory of “flexibility”, which we interpret as the discretion orability to make a decision that others disagree with. We show that flexibility is essentiallyan option for the decisionmaker, and can be valued as such. The value of the flexibilityoption is decreasing in...
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Legislation affects corporate governance and the return to human and financial capital. We allow the preference of a political majority to determine both the governance structure and the extent of labor rents. In a society where median voters have relatively more at stake in the form of human...
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