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Finance and Diversification
Manganelli, Simone - 2010
We study how financial market efficiency affects a measure of diversification of output across industrial sectors … and for various levels of disaggregation, we construct a benchmark measure of diversification as the set of allocations of … patterns disappear when we employ "naive" measures of diversification based on the equal spreading of output across sectors …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013136834
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The Effect of Possible EU Diversification Requirements on the Risk of Banks’ Sovereign Bond Portfolios
Craig, Ben R. - 2020
Recent policy discussion includes the introduction of diversification requirements for sovereign bond portfolios of … European banks. In this paper, we evaluate the possible effects of these constraints on risk and diversification in the … analysis. We then analyse the risk and diversification in the sovereign bond portfolios of the largest European banks and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012838336
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Risk spillover among hedge funds: The role of redemptions and fund failures
Klaus, Benjamin; Rzepkowski, Bronka - 2009
This paper aims at analysing the mortality patterns of hedge funds over the period January 1994 to May 2008. In particular, we investigate the extent to which a spillover of risk among hedge funds through redemptions and failures of other funds has affected the probability of fund failure. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011605158
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Insurers’ Investment Strategies : Pro- or Countercyclical?
Fache Rousová, Linda; Giuzio, Margherita - 2021
Traditionally, insurers are seen as stabilisers of financial markets that act countercyclically by buying assets whose price falls. Recent studies challenge this view by providing empirical evidence of procyclicality. This paper sheds new light on the underlying reasons for these opposing views....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315359
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Are Fund Managers Rewarded for Taking Cyclical Risks?
Ryan, Ellen - 2022
The investment fund sector has expanded dramatically since the crisis of 2008-2009. As the sector grows, so do the implications of its risk-taking for the wider financial system and real economy. This paper provides empirical evidence for the existence of widespread risk-taking incentives in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013298369
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Finance and diversification
Manganelli, Simone; Popov, Alexander - 2010
We study how financial market efficiency affects a measure of diversification of output across industrial sectors … and for various levels of disaggregation, we construct a benchmark measure of diversification as the set of allocations of … patterns disappear when we employ "naive" measures of diversification based on the equal spreading of output across sectors. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011605305
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Investment Funds Under Stress
Gourdel, Régis - 2019
This paper presents a model for stress testing investment funds, based on a broad worldwide sample of primary open-end equity and bond funds. First, we employ a Bayesian technique to project the impact of macro-financial scenarios on country-level portfolio flows worldwide that are constructed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012860195
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Evaluating Market Risk from Leveraged Derivative Exposures
Jukonis, Audrius - 2022
Market participants use leveraged derivatives to gain access to equity market exposure through broker banks. Leverage and interconnectedness via overlapping portfolios of dealer banks can amplify adverse market movements, potentially causing sizeable losses. I propose a model, based on granular...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013491644
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Household's Portfolio Structure in Germany - Analysis of Financial Accounts Data 1959-2009
Ramb, Fred - 2011
Based on a Financial Almost Ideal Demand System (FAIDS), this paper investigates the wealth structure of German households. The long-run wealth elasticities and interest rate elasticities were calculated using a unique new quarterly financial accounts macro data set which covers the period from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013124189
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Who Invests in Home Equity to Exempt Wealth from Bankruptcy?
Corradin, Stefano - 2011
Homestead exemptions to personal bankruptcy allow households to retain their home equity up to a limit determined at the state level. Households that may experience bankruptcy thus have an incentive to bias their portfolios towards home equity. Using US household data from the Survey of Income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013126001