Prior studies found that analyst forecast dispersion predicts future market returns. Some prior studies attribute this predictability to the short-sale constraints in the market according to the overpricing theory. Using the U.S. data from 1981 to 2014, we find that the return predictive power...

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In this paper, we investigate the goodness-of-fit of the flexible four-parameter generalized Lambda Distribution (GLD) for high-frequency 5-min returns sampled from the DJI30 Index. Applying Moment Matching (MM) and Maximum Likelihood Estimation (MLE) techniques, we highlight the significance of...

This paper describes the first thorough analysis of the interest risk of German banks on an individual bank level. We develop a new method that is based on time series of accountingbased data to quantify the interest risk of banks and apply it to analyze the German banking system. We find...

We investigate financial intermediaries interest rate risk management as the simultaneous decision of on-balance-sheet exposure and interest rate swap use. Our findings show that both decisions are substitute risk management strategies. Hausman exogeneity tests indicate that both decisions are...

We investigate financial intermediaries' interest rate risk management as the simultaneous decision of on-balance-sheet exposure and interest rate swap use. Our findings show that both decisions are substitute risk management strategies. A higher likelihood of bank distress makes banks reduce...

This paper considers the realized returns of individual investors in warrants and leverage certificates. First, we derive a general formula that analytically decomposes the return into several economically meaningful components that are related to investor's trading behavior and the issuers'...

The spread risk premium component of credit default swap (CDS) spreads represents a compensation demanded by protection sellers for future changes in CDS spreads caused by unpredictable fluctuations in the reference entity"s risk-neutral default intensity. This paper defines and estimates a...

Zinssensitivitäten börsennotierter deutscher Finanzdienstleister: Eine empirische Untersuchung Dieser Beitrag untersucht die Zinssensitivität börsennotierter Finanzdienstleister am deutschen Kapitalmarkt anhand des Grundansatzes von Stone (1974). Hiernach werden die Aktienrenditen durch...

Untersuchungen zur Zinssensivität börsennotierter Finanzdienstleister: Überblick und Diskussion alternativer Zinsfaktoren Empirische Kapitalmarktuntersuchungen zur Zinsensivität von Aktien, insbesondere von Finanzdienstleistern, verwenden regelmäßig Varianten eines...