This paper takes a close look at the quot;behavioural financequot; explanations of the equity premium puzzle, namely myopic loss aversion (Benartzi and Thaler, 1995) and disappointment aversion (Ang, Bekaert and Liu, 2000). The paper proposes a simple specification of loss and disappointment...

We construct an empirical model of corporate investment which allows for the various effects of uncertainty and credit market imperfections described in the theoretical literature. The model is estimated using cross-sectional data from the South African stock exchange. Evidence is found for some...

This paper analyses the evolution of demand for bank deposits in Cocirc;te d`Ivoire over a period including the CFA Franc devaluation in 1994. Once we have allowed for smooth transitions in the deterministic component of the demand function, the estimated relationship between deposits and income...

International aid has an ambiguous effect on the macroeconomy of the recipient country. To the extent that aid raises consumer expenditure, there will be some real exchange rate appreciation and a shift of resources away from traded goods production and into non-traded goods production. However,...