During the last three decades various models have been proposed by the literature to predict the risk of bankruptcy and of firm insolvency, which make use of structural and empirical tools, namely rating system, credit scoring, option pricing and three alternative methods (fuzzy logic, efficient...

Standard theoretical model cannot generate positive and large real bond risk premium under power utility preferences. Following recent developments in equity premium literature we explore bond premium in a long run risk environment with generalized isoleastic preferences. This approach explains...

Real interest rates, long run risks and business cycles. Standard theoretical model under power utility preferences generates time series for real yields and output that are not consistent with the cyclical properties of the macroeconomic data. In particular real interest rates of the model are...