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Sources of Entropy in Representative Agent Models

Backus, David K. - 2011

preferences, habits, and jumps. The metrics describe the pricing kernel's dispersion (the entropy of the title) and dynamics (time … dependence, a measure of how entropy varies over different time horizons). We show how each model generates entropy and time … approximations -- clarifies the mechanisms underlying these models. It also reveals, in some cases, tension between entropy, which …

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Evidence of Decreasing Internet Entropy : The Lack of Redundancy in Dns Resolution by Major Websites and Services

Bates, Samantha - 2018

This paper analyzes the extent to which the Internet's global domain name resolution (DNS) system has preserved its distributed resilience given the rise of cloud-based hosting and infrastructure. We explore trends in the concentration of the DNS space since at least 2011. In addition, we...

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Term Structures of Asset Prices and Returns

Backus, David K. - 2016

We explore the term structures of claims to a variety of cash flows, namely, U.S. government bonds (claims to dollars), foreign government bonds (claims to foreign currency), inflation-adjusted bonds (claims to the price index), and equity (claims to future equity indexes or dividends). The...

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Behavioral Implications of Rational Inattention with Shannon Entropy

Caplin, Andrew - 2013

entropy cost functions that better match this feature of the data and that retain key simplifying features of the Shannon …

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Rationally Inattentive Behavior : Characterizing and Generalizing Shannon Entropy

Caplin, Andrew - 2017

We provide a full behavioral characterization of the standard Shannon model of rational inattention. The key axiom is "Invariance under Compression", which identifies this model as capturing an ideal form of attention-constrained choice. We introduce tractable generalizations that allow for many...

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Informational Rents, Macroeconomic Rents, and Efficient Bailouts

Philippon, Thomas - 2011

We analyze government interventions to alleviate debt overhang among banks. Interventions generate two types of rents. Informational rents arise from opportunistic participation based on private information while macroeconomic rents arise from free riding. Minimizing informational rents is a...

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The Market Microstructure of Central Bank Intervention

Dominguez, Kathryn M.E. - 2011

One of the great unknowns in international finance is the process by which new information influences exchange rate behavior. This paper focuses on one important source of information to the foreign exchange markets, the intervention operations of the G-3 central banks. Previous studies using...

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Do Citizens Want the Truth About Terrorist Threats Regardless of the Consequences?

Smith, V. Kerry - 2010

This paper proposes the use of consumers' preferences in formulating policies for keeping secret information about terrorist activities and threats that might compromise future security. We report the results from two surveys indicating that people have clear preferences for full disclosure of...

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Separating the Opposing Effects of Bilateral Tax Treaties

Blonigen, Bruce A. - 2011

Bilateral tax treaties (BTT) are intended to promote foreign direct investment and foreign affiliate activity through double taxation relief. However, BTTs also typically contain provisions that facilitate sharing of tax information between countries intended to curtail tax avoidance by...

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Cycles, Gaps, and the Social Value of Information

Angeletos, George-Marios - 2011

What are the welfare effects of the information contained in macroeconomic statistics, central-bank communications, or news in the media? We address this question in a business-cycle framework that nests the neoclassical core of modern DSGE models. Earlier lessons that were based on "beauty...

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