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Ageing and the relative price of nontradeables
Bettendorf, Leon; Dewachter, Hans - 2007
In this paper we identify the effects of ageing on the relative price of nontradeables versus tradeables. We consider two cases. In a first specification, age effects only account for short-run dynamics. An alternative case allows for permanent age effects. Estimating the respective cases by...
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Ageing and the relative price of nontradeables
Bettendorf, Leon; Dewachter, Hans - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003608983
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Down-side risk metrics as portfolio diversification strategies across the GFC
Allen, David E.; McAleer, Michael; Powell, Robert; … - 2015
down-side risk metrics, as a portfolio diversification strategy in a European market context. We apply these measures to a … of hold-out periods and back-tests. We commence by using four two year estimation periods and subsequent one year … investment hold out period, to analyse a naive 1/N diversification strategy, and to contrast its effectiveness with Markowitz …
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Beating the random walk : a performance assessment of long-term interest rate forecasts
Butter, Frank A. G. den; Jansen, Pieter W. - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003787153
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World equity premium based risk aversion estimates
Pozzi, Lorenzo; Vries, Casper G. de; Zenhorst, J. - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003934133
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World equity premium based risk aversion estimates
Pozzi, Lorenzo; Vries, Casper G. de; Zenhorst, J. - 2010
The equity premium puzzle holds that the coefficient of relative risk aversion estimated from the consumption based CAPM under power utility is excessively high. Moreover, estimates in the literature vary considerably across countries. We gauge the uncertainty pertaining to the country risk...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011379612
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Population ageing and pension reform in a small open economy with non-traded goods
Bettendorf, Leon; Heijdra, Ben J. - 2004
In this paper we study the implications of population ageing in an economy with a sizeable non-traded goods sector. To this effect a highly stylized micro-founded macro model is constructed in which the age structure of the population plays a non-trivial role. The model distinguishes separate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011343315
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Cash flow and discount rate risk in up and down markets : what is actually priced?
Botshekan, Mahmoud; Kräussl, Roman; Lucas, André - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008771821
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Cash flow and discount rate risk in up and down markets : what is actually priced?
Botshekan, Mahmoud; Kräussl, Roman; Lucas, André - 2010
We test whether asymmetric preferences for losses versus gains as in Ang, Chen, and Xing (2006) also affect the pricing of cash flow versus discount rate news as in Campbell and Vuolteenaho (2004). We construct a new four-fold beta decomposition, distinguishing cash flow and discount rate betas...
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The downside risk of heavy tails induces low diversification
Hyung, Namwon; Vries, Casper G. de - 2010
diversification against the benefits in terms of the standard deviation of the returns. Suppose a safety first investor cares about …
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