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Implementing optimal control in cointegrated I(1) structural VAR models
Monti, Francesca V. - 2003
This paper examines the feasibility of implementing Linear Quadratic Gaussian (LQG) Control in structural cointegrated VAR models and sheds some light on the two major problems generated by such implementation. The first aspect to be taken into account is the effect of the presence of unit roots...
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Diversification in euro area stock markets
Moerman, Gerard - 2004
The harmonisation of fiscal and economic policy within the European Monetary Union (EMU) has had a considerable impact on the economies of member countries in the past decade. In particular, several studies indicate that the proceeding economic integration among euro area countries has important...
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Optimal dynamic risk sharing when enforcement is a decision variable
Koeppl, Thorsten V. - 2003
decision problem of using self-governance for risk sharing or governance through enforcement provided by these institutions … prevent first-best risk sharing, but never optimal to provide incentives exclusively via this technology. Commitment problems …
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Growth expectations, capital flows and international risk sharing
Castrén, Olli; Miller, Marcus; Stiegert, Roger - 2003
international equity transactions that accentuate the role of international risk sharing as a factor for the macroeconomic response … shock affecting only one country. Efficient global risk-sharing imply that expected productivity gains in one country will … for the productivity gains can further increase the risk exposure of foreign shareholders. The model is calibrated to show …
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Risk sharing through financial markets with endogenous enforcement of trades
Köppl, Thorsten V. - 2004
When people share risk in financial markets, intermediaries provide costly enforcement for most trades and, hence, are … an integral part of financial marketsu0092 organization. We assess the degree of risk sharing that can be achieved … allow for optimal risk sharing as long as markets are complete, default is prevented in equilibrium and intermediaries …
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Modelling anti-inflationary monetary targeting
Sánchez, Marcelo - 2010
This paper attempts to characterise an anti-inflationary monetary targeting (MT) regime. In order to derive a formal representation of this regime, we formulate the central bank’s optimisation problem under the assumption that it is possible for the monetary targeted variable to have an impact...
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Macroeconomic implications of downward wage rigidities
Abbritti, Mirko; Fahr, Stephan - 2011
Growth of wages, unemployment, employment and vacancies exhibit strong asymmetries between expansionary and contractionary phases. In this paper we analyze to what degree downward wage rigidities in the bargaining process affect other variables of the economy. We introduce asymmetric wage...
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Myopic loss aversion, disappointment aversion, and the equity premium puzzle
Fielding, David; Stracca, Livio - 2003
This paper takes a close look at the 'behavioural finance' explanations of the equity premium puzzle, namely myopic loss aversion (Benartzi and Thaler, 1995) and disappointment aversion (Ang, Bekaert and Liu, 2000). The paper proposes a simple specification of loss and disappointment aversion...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009639864
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Finance and diversification
Manganelli, Simone; Popov, Alexander - 2010
faster for sectors that have a higher "natural" long-term risk-adjusted growth and which exhibit higher information frictions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009640281
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Investors with too many options?
Dorn, Daniel - 2010
During the last decade, markets for covered warrants (bank-issued options) have flourished in Europe and Asia. In these markets, investors often face a choice between many instruments that differ only slightly from each other. Based on retail trades in call options on the German DAX index, this...
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