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a simple extension of the long-run risk model … risks. Portfolios hedging macro uncertainty have historically earned zero or even significantly positive returns, while …
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when the investor has access to nominal bonds and a stock portfolio. In the presence of unhedgeable inflation risk, there … of the investor. We apply our method to a three-factor Gaussian model with a time-varying price of risk that captures the … changes in term premia generates large hedging demands for long-term bonds …
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will understate volatility and increase risk-adjusted performance measures such as the Sharpe ratio. We propose an …
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This paper develops a method for option hedging which is consistent with time-varying preferences and probabilities … leverage. State prices are estimated using the flexible risk-neutral density method of Rosenberg (1995) and a daily cross … risk aversion over S&P500 return states is substantially higher than risk aversion implied by Black-Scholes state prices …
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parameterizing the volatility process as GARCH, and utilizing risk- neutral valuation, we estimate hedging parameters (delta and …This paper addresses the issue of hedging option positions when the underlying asset exhibits stochastic volatility. By … gamma) using Monte-Carlo simulation. We estimate hedging parameters for options on the Standard and Poor's 500 index, a bond …
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Since the mid-1900s, agricultural global value chains (AGVCs) have grown rapidly and transformed the nature of agri-food production around the world. Little is known, however, about how participation in AGVCs changes the structure of participating economies. Using a constructed panel dataset...
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A large literature following Hirsch (2005) has proposed citation-based indexes that could be used to rank academics. This paper examines how well several such indexes match labor market outcomes using data on the citation records of young tenured economists at 25 U.S. departments. Variants of...
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"This paper studies empirically the relationship between trade policy and individual income risk faced by workers, and … three steps. First, longitudinal data on workers are used to estimate time-varying individual income risk parameters in … various manufacturing sectors. Second, the estimated income risk parameters and data on trade barriers are used to analyze the …
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This paper provides an empirical investigation into the relationship between ex ante U.S. labor contract durations and uncertainty over the period 1970 to 1995. We construct measures of inflation uncertainty as well as aggregate nominal and real uncertainty. The results not only corroborate...
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The objective of this paper is to find the quantitative importance of some predictors of mortality among the population aged 70 or over. The predictors are socio-economic indicators (income, wealth and education), thirteen health indicators including a history of heart attack or cancer, and...
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