This paper examines the lead/lag relations between size-sorted portfolio returns through the lens of financial cycles governing these returns using a novel econometric methodology. Specifically, we develop a Markov-switching vector autoregressive model that allows for imperfect synchronization...

We examine bank lending decisions in an economy with spillover effects in the creation of new investment opportunities and asymmetric information in credit markets. We examine pricesetting equilibria with horizontally differentiated banks. If bank lending takes place under a weak corporate...

We examine the impact of tax policy uncertainty on the irreversible investment decisions of a monopolistically competitive firm. We consider the impact of tax policy in terms of the investment tax credit (ITC) as well as the stochastic tax wedge which determines the after-tax costs of investing....