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This study examines the impact of uncertainty on mergers and acquisition (M&A) activity. We focus on product market uncertainty in the oil and gas sector. Analysing this industry enables us to construct a natural forward-looking measure of product market uncertainty, namely the implied crude oil...
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Recent studies on oil market demonstrate endogeneity of oil price by modeling it as a function of consumption and precautionary demands and producers’ supply. However, studies analysing the effect of oil price uncertainty on investment, do not disentangle uncertainties raised by underlying...
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This paper documents an economically and statistically significant positive premium for oil beta uncertainty in the cross-section of global equity returns. Using a battery of market and portfolio level tests, we show that oil beta uncertainty, measured by the total range spanned by the 95%...
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, most previous analysis has focused on regional diversification by applying the traditional mean-variance (MV) framework …
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) countries offer attractive long-term growth and diversification potential. However, investors must balance these possible …
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Diversification of financial securities is considered a substantial element of portfolio risk. In this context, the … individual portfolios and later compared to the hypothetical common equity index. The results show diversification benefits …35, FTSE MIB, and FTSE100. In contrast, DAX, MDAX, and CAC40 on average tend to be less diversified. The diversification …
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This paper investigates the determinants of hedging strategy choice. We introduce different dynamic discrete choice frameworks with random effects to mitigate unobserved heterogeneity and state dependence. Using a new dataset on the hedging activities of 150 US oil and gas producers, we find...
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