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In this paper I examine various extensions of the Nelson and Siegel (1987) model with the purpose of fitting and forecasting the term structure of interest rates. As expected, I find that using more flexible models leads to a better in-sample fit of the term structure. However, I show that the...
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We analyze optimal monetary policy in a sticky pricemodel where the central bank supplies money outrightvia asset purchases and lends money temporarily againstcollateral. The terms of central bank lending affect ra-tioning of money and impact on macroeconomic aggre-gates. The central bank can...
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We present a simple macroeconomic model with open market operations that allows examining the effects of quantitative and credit easing. The central bank controls the policy rate, i.e. the price of money in open market operations, as well as the amount and the type of assets that are accepted as...
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In a democracy, a political majority can influence both the corporategovernance structure and the return to human and financial capital.We argue that when financial wealth is sufficiently diffused, thereis political support for a strong governance role for dispersed equitymarket investors, and...
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This article proposes a theory of corporate transparency and its determinants. We show that under imperfect product … market competition, the corporate transparency decision affects the value of equity and debt claims differently. We then … preferred by equity holders. The theory predicts a clustering of firm characteristics that emerge when capital markets are not …
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Biases theory of Kahneman and Tversky. It is proposed that Gigerenzer's work can be both thematically and chronologically …. Behind the debate, it is argued, lies a fundamental different idea of how human decision-making is to be understood and …
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