We investigate the portfolio choices of mean-variance-optimizing investors who use sample evidence to update prior beliefs centered on either risk-based or characteristic-based pricing models. With dogmatic beliefs in such models and an unconstrained ratio of position size to capital, optimal...

The inclusion of funding costs in the valuation of derivatives resulting in the so-called funding valuation adjustment (FVA) is a topic of intense debate, model development, and research. One issue with standard formulations of FVA is that it is the same for liquid and illiquid assets. Even if...

This paper describes a model for the valuation of assets on a bank balance sheet with liquidity risk. The new feature of this model is that it explicitly incorporates the funding term of an asset. The inclusion of the funding term is important since it determines the expected liquidation loss....