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. Such a funding-liquidity crisis gives rise to "bases," that is, price gaps between securities with identical cash-flows but …
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This paper investigates the behavior of asset prices in an endowment economy in which a representative agent with power utility consumes the dividends of multiple assets. The assets are Lucas trees; a collection of Lucas trees is a Lucas orchard. The model generates return correlations that vary...
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The last 15 years has brought forth an explosion of research on consumption-based asset pricing as a leading contender for explaining aggregate stock market behavior. This research has propelled further interest in consumption-based asset pricing, as well as some debate. This chapter surveys the...
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We assume that the instantaneous riskless rate reverts towards a central tendency which in turn, is changing stochastically over time. As a result, current short-term rates are notquot; sufficient to predict future short-term rates movements, as would be the case if the centralquot; tendency was...
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An iconic model with high leverage and overvalued collateral assets is used to illustrate the amplification mechanism driving asset prices to 'overshoot' equilibrium when an asset bubble bursts--threatening widespread insolvency and what Richard Koo calls a 'balance sheet recession'. Besides...
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We examine how liquidity and asset prices are affected by the following market imperfections: asymmetric information …
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liquidity provision. Analysis of reversal strategies shows that the expected return from liquidity provision is strongly time … Ratios during times of high VIX. The results point to withdrawal of liquidity supply, and an associated increase in the … expected returns from liquidity provision, as a main driver behind the evaporation of liquidity during times of financial …
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We propose a theory of asset prices that emphasizes heterogeneous information as the main element determining prices of … prices exceeds the variability for realized dividends. We conclude with two applications of our theory. First, we highlight …
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In July 2002, FINRA began mandatory dissemination of price and volume information for corporate bond trades. This paper, using recently released data, measures transparency's effect on trading activity and costs for the entire corporate bond market. Even though trading costs decrease...
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Credit spreads for secured debt are lower than for unsecured debt, especially when a firm’s credit quality deteriorates, the economy slows, or average credit spreads widen. Yet investment grade firms tend to be reluctant to issue secured debt at all times. In contrast, we find that for firms...
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