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investors in international markets have similar underreaction to the same news characteristics …
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We consider an economy where individuals face uninsurable risks to their human capital accumulation and study the problem of determining the optimal level of linear taxes on capital and labor income together with the optimal path of the debt level. We show both analytically and numerically that...
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-time risk-sharing model, where heterogeneous mean-variance investors trade subject to a quadratic transaction cost. The … higher if the more risk-averse agents are net sellers or if the asset supply expands over time …
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in equity and debt markets. Such developments are often attributed to the increased integration of world financial … markets. We present a model that allows us to examine how greater integration in world financial markets affects the behavior … concentrated in bonds. As integration progresses and households gain access to world equity markets, the size and volatility of …
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This paper investigates the effect of limited enforcement of contracts on asset returns in a three-period pure- exchange overlapping generations economy. We consider a life-cycle setting with a safe and a risky asset and find that lack of commitment can significantly affect the rate of returns...
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Typically, models of stock prices or returns assume homogeneity of risk preference parameters. This study shows … modeling of IPO prices necessarily is with reference to the distribution of risk preference parameters that already are … represented in secondary equity markets. Modeling of stock returns is shown predicated only on changes to investors' information …
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This paper studies the effects of heterogeneity in planning propensity on wealth inequality and asset prices. I consider an economy populated by "attentive" and "inattentive" agents. Attentive agents plan their consumption period by period, while inattentive agents plan every other period....
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The equity premium is a key parameter in asset allocation policies. There is a vigorous debate in the literature regarding the actual measurement of the equity premium, its size and the determinants of its variation. This study aims to take stock of this literature by means of a meta-analysis....
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This study aims to explore the relationship between market integration, foreign portfolio equity holding and inflation rates on international stock market linkages between Pakistan and India. To measure stock equity interlinkage, we constructed international co-movement index through rolling...
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stock markets are essentially a random walk and it is a fool’s game to try and predict them. Predicting stock prices is a … forecasting is an area that shows great promise. In this paper, we first provide a concise review of stock markets and taxonomy of …
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