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Conventional wisdom views stocks as less volatile over long horizons than over short horizons due to mean reversion induced by return predictability. In contrast, we find stocks are substantially more volatile over long horizons from an investor's perspective. This perspective recognizes that...
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Ratios that indicate the statistical significance of a fund’s alpha typically appraise its performance. A growing literature suggests that even in the absence of any ability to predict returns, holding options positions on the benchmark assets or trading frequently can significantly enhance...
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contained in the volatility risk premium and option-implied skewness increases substantially Sharpe ratios and certainty …
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Paper, they are derived from risk-value models that generalize the Markowitz-model. We use a behaviourally based risk … measure with an endogenous or exogenous benchmark. If the risk measure is modelled by a negative HARA-function, then sharing … variance and kurtosis of the risk-neutral probability distribution of the aggregate pay-off. …
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generalized version of the uncovered interest rate parity and expectations hypothesis in favor of models with varying risk premia …
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We economically motivate and then test a range of hypotheses regarding performance and risk differences between UCITS … exhibit higher levels of operational risk. We find evidence of a strong liquidity premium: hedge funds offer investors less … liquidity than do ARUs yet exhibit better risk-adjusted performance. Our findings are substantially unchanged under various …
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withdrawal of employers and external insurers as risk bearers of systematic financial and longevity risks. Partly because of … pension: the Personal Pension with Risk sharing (PPR). By unbundling and valuing the investment, (dis)saving, insurance and … risk-sharing functions of pensions, PPRs allow risk management and (dis)saving to be customized to the specific features of …
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A worker can contribute pre-tax dollars to a private pension plan. Under a progressive tax, this feature reduces income taxes. Ippolito (1986} argues that an individual in 1979 can reduce lifetime taxes by 20%. We re-examine his analysis using the complete time-series of US income tax history...
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Employing a new dataset of over 9,000 expressed demands for over 700 hedge funds from a secondary market for hedge funds, this paper finds evidence suggesting that hedge fund investors rationally anticipate future hedge fund performance. Both buy and sell indications of interest arrive following...
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We propose a new method to model hedge fund risk exposures using relatively high frequency conditioning variables. In a … large sample of funds, we find substantial evidence that hedge fund risk exposures vary across and within months, and that …-month functional forms, and uncover patterns such as day-of-the-month variation in risk exposures. We also find that changes in …
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