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asset prices and corporate default risk. Our model includes two empirically grounded nominal frictions: fixed nominal …
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We examine asset prices in a representative-agent model of general equilibrium. Assuming only that individuals are risk … averse, we determine conditions on the changes in asset risk that are both necessary and sufficient for the asset price to … incomplete in the sense of containing an uninsurable background risk, such as a risk on labor income. We extend our model to show …
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degree of pessimism of the representative agent is the mean of the individual ones weighted by their index of absolute risk …
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price, the equilibrium risk-free rate, and risk premia. Climate disasters, which are more likely to occur sooner as … temperature rises, significantly increase risk premia. …
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We develop a financial-economic model for carbon pricing with an explicit representation of decision making under risk … specifications. We show that risk associated with high damages in the long term leads to stringent mitigation of carbon dioxide … emissions in the near term. Our results provide insight into how a systematic incorporation of climate-related risk influences …
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the bankruptcy risk low. This holds in particular for firms that show a strong commitment towards their workforce and are …
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This paper shows that the cost of enforcing contracts governing non-financial relationships between firms affects a firm's financing structure. We analyze the interaction between a firm's capital structure and the type of contracts it uses to deal with its suppliers. We first develop a...
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The frequency with which firms adjust output prices helps explain persistent differences in capital structure across firms. Unconditionally, the most exible-price firms have a 19% higher long-term leverage ratio than the most sticky-price firms, controlling for known determinants of capital...
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balance the benefits of the provision of liquidity services by bank deposits with the costs of bankruptcy. The risk in the …
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In this article we use a stochastic model with one representative firm to study business tax policy under default risk …
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