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effect of risk-taking incentives on both the magnitude and composition of firm risk. We find that when the incentive design … lacks RPE features, the incentive portfolio vega motivates CEOs to increase total risk through the systematic component … because it can be hedged. In contrast, when the incentive design includes RPE features, CEOs prefer idiosyncratic risk because …
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effect of risk-taking incentives on both the magnitude and composition of firm risk. We find that when the incentive design … lacks RPE features, the incentive portfolio vega motivates CEOs to increase total risk through the systematic component … because it can be hedged. In contrast, when the incentive design includes RPE features, CEOs prefer idiosyncratic risk because …
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the risk of the whole portfolio including KVA across all counterparty positions. Hence there are entity level aspects of …
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generate alpha of roughly zero on a risk-adjusted basis. The fees involved in investing in such funds exacerbate the observed …
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Asset allocation models have evolved in complexity with the development of modern portfolio theory, but they continue to operate under the assumption of investor rationality and other assumptions that do not hold in the real world. For this reason, academics and industry professionals make...
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Around the globe, the gradual move from defined benefit pensions to defined contribution pensions has increased the need for individual retirement planning. Examples of this include U.S. savings rates at historic lows, poor retirement prospects for citizens in developed countries, and the...
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: overconfidence, herd mentality, risk-taking behavior, and disposition effect. The chapter also contrasts the gender differences of …
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This chapter focuses on the attitude of investors toward financial gains and losses and their decisions on wealth allocation, and how these changes are subject to behavioral factors. The focal point is the integration of behavioral elements into the classic portfolio optimization. Individual...
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Asset allocation and portfolio diversification decisions have important welfare and policy implications. This chapter reviews studies that examine three key aspects of financial investing: participation in stock markets, portfolio diversification, and trading behavior. Standard finance theory...
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