We consider a risk-averse entrepreneur who invests in a project with idiosyncratic risk. In contrast to the literature, we assume the entrepreneur is unable to get a loan from a bank directly because of the low creditability of the entrepreneur and so an innovative financial contract, named...

The paper considers the option of an investor to invest in a project that generates perpetual cash flows, of which the drift parameter is unobservable. The investor invests in a liquid financial market to partially hedge cash flow risk and estimation risk. We derive two 3-dimensional non-linear...

Many SMEs and young entrepreneurs experience financing constraints due to their low credibility and information asymmetry. To this end, a partial guarantee agreement is popular with Chinese entrepreneurs. In this paper, we consider an SME with a funding gap, who wants to invest in a project, of...

We consider a risk-averse entrepreneur who invests in a project with idiosyncratic risk and takes debt financing for diversification benefits. In contrast to the literature, we assume the entrepreneur is unable to get a loan from a bank directly because of the low creditability of the...

The paper considers the option of an investor to invest in a project that generates perpetual cash flows, of which the drift parameter is unobservable. The investor invests in a liquid financial market to partially hedge cash flow risk and estimation risk. We derive two 3-dimensional non-linear...

We consider a borrower who must get a loan from a lender to start a project. The loan is secured by an insurer, who takes the project and the lender's loss at default. The borrower grants the insurer a fraction of the loan (fee-for-guarantee swap, FGS) or of the project's equity...