Due to their underlying assumptions, the standard concepts of risk aversion and preference for the present are generally defined separately and represented by scalar measures, and this implies many shortcomings. More specifically, if measured by a scalar, the risk aversion remains unchanged,...

We consider a dynamic general equilibrium model with incomplete markets in which we derive conditions for separating the savings decision from the asset allocation decision. It is shown that with logarithmic utility functions this separation holds for any heterogeneity of discount factors while...

In the standard real options approach to investment under uncertainty, agents formulate optimal policies under the assumptions of risk neutrality or perfect capital markets. However in most situations, corporate executives face incomplete markets either because they receive compensation packages...

In diesem Beitrag werden alternative Koordinationsformen im Qualitätsmanagement von Unternehmen analysiert. Dabei steht die Beantwortung der Frage im Vordergrund, ob Maßnahmen zur Erfüllung von Qualitätsanforderungen im Unternehmen oder von externen Partnern durchgeführt werden sollen.

Im Unterschied zu leasingspezifischen Abhandlungen unter Betonung praxisorientierter Fragestellungen, die insbesondere auf geschäftspolitische Untersuchungsgegenstände fokussieren, stellen die folgenden Ausführungen einen Beitrag zur Analyse von Leasing-transaktionen aus der Perspektive der...

Derivative financial instruments are frequently used as a tool for influencing the risk ofentrepreneurial uncertain payoff. To this end, an approximation procedure is developed capable ofcalculating the optimal quantity of derivatives to be used. It is assumed that the entrepreneurial cashflow...

In this paper, we examine an exchange economy with a financial market composed of three assets: a share of a stock, an European call option written on the stock, and a riskless bond.

This paper develops a principal-agent model of financial contracting in which optimal contracts resemble a combination of debt and equity. When defaulting on debt, the firm is punished by disruption of external funding. Such contracts however, invite rivals to compete more aggressively to...

This paper deals with the introduction of stock options in an (dy-namically) incomplete securities market.

We develop a new approach to pricing and hedging contingent claims in incomplete markets framework the no-arbitrage arguments that have been developed in complete markets leads us to defining the concept we are able to extend the no-arbitrage ideo to a world of incomplete markets in such a way...