The essay offers a new understanding of how financial markets work. The key departure from conventional theory is to recognize that investors do not invest directly in securities but through agents such as fund managers. Agents have better information and different objectives than their...

This article characterizes the properties of the compensation scheme of delegated portfolio management that would lead to the selection of high risk-high return portfolios. In particular, it provides conditions under which a non-monotone payment structure emerges as an optimal contract, which...

This article characterizes the properties of the compensation scheme of delegated portfolio management that would lead to the selection of high risk-high return portfolios. In particular, it provides conditions under which a non-monotone payment structure emerges as an optimal contract, which...

This article characterizes the properties of the compensation scheme of delegated portfolio management that would lead to the selection of high risk-high return portfolios. In particular, it provides conditions under which a non-monotone payment structure emerges as an optimal contract, which...

Este artículo analiza el efecto de los anuncios de cambios en el control corporativo (Ofertas Públicas de Adquisición, OPA) sobre el precio de cotización en Bolsa de Endesa, Hidrocantábrico y Scottish Power, y el impacto de estos acontecimientos sobre los rendimientos de los competidores...

In this paper, we explore the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the credit risk of large European companies. We selected corporations belonged to the EuroStoxx 50 Index and whose CDS (Credit Default Swap) may be found in the iTraxx Europe Index. Then we applied the methodology of event studies...

Spanish Abstract: El presente trabajo tiene por objeto analizar el impacto que la incorporación de las empresas al Mercado Alternativo Bursátil (MAB) español ha supuesto sobre la formación de los precios de las acciones involucradas. Para ello, se ha construido una base de datos que incluye...

Spanish Abstract: El objetivo del presente estudio es analizar la evolución y desempeño del sistema financiero peruano en los últimos años y el rol de la reputación bancaria en él, tomando como base diversos indicadores tales como el valor de índice Merco y la solvencia financiera. El...

In this paper, we explore the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the credit risk of large European companies. We selected corporations belonged to the EuroStoxx 50 Index and whose CDS (Credit Default Swap) may be found in the iTraxx Europe Index. Then we applied the methodology of event studies...

In this paper we examine the value of analysts’ stock recommendations in the Spanish capital market in the period 1994-2003, using data from JCF Quant. In every month of the sample period the assets have been classified into five portfolios first attending its consensus recommendations level...