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The value at risk measure attempts to summarize in a single number market value risk of a portfolio of financial assets …
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always chooses its optimal debt-equity ratio to minimize the weighted average cost of capital, irrespective of the risk … uncertainty. The firm faces additional sources of uncertainty that are aggregated into a background risk. We show that the firm … on its optimal debt-equity ratio, thereby rendering the interdependence of the real and financial decisions of the firm …
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The prospect theory is one of the most popular decision-making theories. It is based on the S-shaped utility function, unlike the von Neumann and Morgenstern (NM) theory, which is based on the concave utility function. The S-shape brings in mathematical challenges: simple extensions and...
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Our study examines the behavior of a risk-averse investor who faces two sources of uncertainty: a random asset price … and inflation risk. Both sources of uncertainty make it difficult to stabilize consumption over time. However, investors … can enter risk-sharing markets, such as futures markets, to manage these risks. We develop a dynamic risk management model …
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This note studies the risk-management decisions of a risk-averse farmer. The farmer faces multiple sources of price …
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This study is concerned with the impact of changes in market transparency on agricultural production levels. Market transparency is of central importance in the agri-food system as it affects the degree of uncertainty farmers face when taking economic decisions. In our study, we endogenize...
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general view of constant relative risk aversion to investigate on different equivalence relations. Then we compare our results …
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