under various stochastic investment opportunities in a straightforward way, which does not involve solving a Hamilton …

-performance relationship by manipulating her risk exposure. In a dynamic portfolio choice framework, we show that as the year-end approaches … risky asset despite its positive risk premium. Under multiple sources of risk, with both systematic and idiosyncratic risks … present, we show that optimal managerial risk shifting may not necessarily involve taking on any idiosyncratic risk. Costs of …

-performance relationship by manipulating her risk exposure. In a dynamic portfolio choice framework, we show that the ensuing convexities in … the manager's objective give rise to a finite risk-shifting range over which she gambles to finish ahead of her benchmark …. Such gambling entails either an increase or a decrease in the volatility of the manager's portfolio, depending on her risk …

, borrowers take on less risk exposure than non-borrowers. A larger risk exposure by borrowers may occur as well, however …, borrowers' default policies render binary options useful instruments for lenders in hedging the credit-risk component of their … and volatility in contrast to the exogenously assumed constant mean and volatility in many credit risk models. We consider …

-performance relationship by manipulating her risk exposure. In a dynamic asset allocation framework, we show that as the year-end approaches … risky asset despite its positive risk premium. Under multiple sources of risk, with both systematic and idiosyncratic risks … present, we show that optimal managerial risk shifting may not necessarily involve taking on any idiosyncratic risk. The …

is shown to alleviate the effects of these restrictions and improve the transfer of risk amongst investors. When the …

hedger, guided by the traditional minimum-variance criterion, aims at reducing the risk of a non-tradable asset or a … generalized "Greeks," familiar in risk management applications, as well as retaining the intuitive features of their static …

interaction between two risk-averse managers in continuous time, characterizing analytically their unique equilibrium dynamic … opponent’s risk attitude. Hence, client investors, concerned about how a strategic manager may trade on their behalf, should …