Based on the Structural Vector Auto regression (SVAR) model, we study the impact of oil shocks on the volatility of the BRICS and G7 markets. We decompose oil shocks into three types: oil supply shocks, aggregate demand shocks and oil-specific demand shocks. The results indicate that there is a...

The consideration of an averaging interval Δ of market trade time-series change the basic consumption-based asset pricing equation. The duration of Δ determines Taylor series of investor’s utility over current and future values of consumption. We present consumption at current and future...

This paper documents the existence of primary dealers’ losses in Treasury bond markets and investigates how these losses a¤ect dealers’ market value. Using a novel data set that tracks more than 2,350 primary-to-secondary transactions, we find that bond losses for primary dealers are...

Under the new regulation based on Basel solvency framework, known as Basel III and Basel IV, financial institutions must calculate the market risk capital requirements based on the Expected Shortfall (ES) measure, replacing the Value at Risk (VaR) measure. In the financial literature, there are...

I develop a two-step approach to assess the economic value of a statistical clustering. In the first step, I isolate the purely statistical information in the clustering. The second step then assigns an economic value to the clustering. This approach must, however, be embedded into an economic...

A low frequency factor model regression uses returns computed at a lower frequency than data available. An example is using monthly rather than daily returns to estimate the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM). I show that when using overlapping observations to estimate low frequency factor model...

We use extreme value theory to study idiosyncratic tail risk for a large panel of US stocks. Surprisingly, calls and puts contain important information about the lower and upper tails, respectively. Furthermore, the direction of this information is often wrong: Over prolonged periods of time,...

We propose a new modeling approach for the cross-section of returns. Our model, Factorization Asset Pricing Model (FAPM), allows for predictor interactions by introducing second-order observable characteristics interactions regarding the unobservable high-order loadings. If the characteristics...

The study examines the volatility linkages between India and Asian tiger cubs, i.e., the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. It aims to explore the spillover effects of volatility among these countries' stock markets to provide valuable insights to investors and policymakers. To...

This paper offers a new perspective on why business groups are formed. Specifically, we ask if the expectation of a government bailout lowers group-affiliated firms’ cost of capital. Using a quasi-natural experiment, we show that group-affiliated firms paid lower interest when a government...