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This paper presents a tractable model of non-linear dynamics of market returns using a Langevin approach.Due to non-linearity of an interaction potential, the model admits regimes of both small and large return fluctuations. Langevin dynamics are mapped onto an equivalent quantum mechanical (QM)...
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Kindleberger and Robert Shiller have documented that irrational behavior, ambiguous information or certain limits to arbitrage are …
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We show that the slight possibility of a macroeconomic disaster of moderate magnitude can explain important features across credit, option, and equity markets. Our consumption-based equilibrium model captures the empirical level and volatility of credit spreads, generates a flexible credit term...
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Volatility indices have been designed for many markets as gauges to measure investors' fear of market crash. The recent market turmoil has produced historically high volatility levels, in some cases around four times higher than their previous average levels. We take a look at the behavior of...
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"Arbitrage CDOs" have recorded an explosive growth during the years before the outbreak of the financial crisis. In the … present paper we discuss potential sources of such arbitrage opportunities, in particular arbitrage gains due to mispricing …. -- Collateralized debt obligations (CDO) ; arbitrage CDOs ; credit rating ; expected loss profile ; bond representation ; systematic …
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timing opportunity resulting in a maximum statistical arbitrage opportunity corresponding to a profit of 19% p.a. with an … as the benchmark. -- statistical arbitrage ; financial crises ; equity price busts ; cointegration …
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Using a vector error correction model I test whether shocks in the funding liquidity conditions in the U.S. and Europe separately explain deviations from the covered interest parity (CIP) between the U.S. Dollar and the Mexican Peso. I find that: (1) Apparent deviations from the CIP seem to be...
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Slow-moving capital cannot fully explain the 2005 and 2008 arbitrage crashes in theconvertible bond market. Faced with …
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We develop a tractable model to study the macroeconomic impacts of limited arbitrage by linking arbitrage activities … arbitrage failures and recessions. Collateralization adds extra value to real-sector investments, and ultimately helps boost …
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