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We study optimal investment in technologies characterized by the learning curve. There are two investment patterns … scale. If the curve is steep, firms invest earlier and on a smaller scale. We further demonstrate that learning investment … differs greatly from investment in technologies without learning effects. Learning investments generate substantial initial …
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We highlight herding of investors as one major risk factor that is typically ignored in statistical approaches to portfolio modelling and risk management. Our survey focuses on smart-beta investing where such methods and investor herding seem particularly relevant but its negative effects have...
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In this paper, we investigate a primary potential impact of leveraged buyout (LBOs) transactions: the effects of LBOs on the peers of the LBO target in the same industry. Using a data sample based on US LBO transactions between 1985 and 2016, we investigate the impact of the peer firms in the...
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Using a unique money manager database that allows managers to identify their own investment styles, we examine 4 …
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