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Consumption-based asset pricing with rare disaster risk : a simulated method of moments approach ; conference paper
Grammig, Joachim; Sönksen, Jantje - 2014
The rare disaster hypothesis suggests that the extraordinarily high postwar U.S. equity premium resulted because investors ex ante demanded compensations for unlikely but calamitous risks that they happened not to incur. While convincing in theory, empirical tests of the rare disaster...
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The relation between overreaction in forecasts and uncertainty : a nonlinear approach ; conference paper
Leppin, Julian Sebastian - 2014 - This version: February 2014
This paper examines if overreaction of oil price forecasters is affected by uncertainty. Furthermore, it takes into account joint effects of uncertainty and oil price returns on forecast changes. The panel smooth transition regression model from Gonz alez et al. (2005) is applied with univariate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010480543
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A special focus on hedge funds : creators of risk? ; [Atlanta Fed's 2006 Financial Markets Conference, "Hedge Funds: Creators of Risk?" held May 15-18, 2006]
Dwyer, Gerald P. <jun.> (contributor) - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003417628
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Ressources publiques et construction étatique en Europe, XIIIe-XVIIIe siècle : colloque des 2 et 3 juillet 2012
Béguin, Katia (ed.) - Ressources publiques et construction étatique en …; … - 2015
Cet ouvrage présente, dans une perspective comparatiste et sur la longue durée, les moyens de mobilisation des ressources publiques des Etats médiévaux et modernes, dont les besoins de fonds sont accrus par les guerres. Couvrant six siècles de l'histoire de l'Europe occidentale, les...
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Collateral, liquidity and debt sustainability : conference paper
Niemann, Stefan; Pichler, Paul - 2014
We study the sustainability of public debt in a closed production economy where a benevolent government chooses fiscal policies, including haircuts on its outstanding debt, in a discretionary manner. Government bonds are held by domestic agents to smooth consumption over time and because they...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010491142
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Sovereign bond market reactions to fiscal rules and no-bailout clauses : the Swiss experience ; conference paper
Feld, Lars P.; Kalb, Alexander; Moessinger, Marc-Daniel; … - 2013 - This version: March 2013
We investigate the political determinants of risk premiums which sub-national governments in Switzerland have to pay … contribute significantly to lower cantonal bond spreads. Second, we study the impact of a credible no-bailout regime on the risk … break lead to a reduction of cantonal risk premia by about 25 basis points. Moreover, it cut the link between cantonal risk …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010340959
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On creditor seniority and sovereign bond prices in Europe : conference paper
Steinkamp, Sven; Westermann, Frank - 2013
The recent increase of interest rate spreads in Europe and their apparent detachment from underlying fundamental variables has generated a debate on multiple equilibria in the sovereign bond market (see De Grauwe and Ji (2012)). We critically evaluate this hypothesis, by pointing towards an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010341164
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Does austerity pay off? : conference paper
Born, Benjamin; Müller, Gernot J.; Pfeifer, Johannes - 2014
Austerity measures are frequently enacted when the sustainability of public finances is in doubt. Such doubts are reflected in high sovereign yield spreads and put further strain on government finances. Is austerity successful in restoring market confidence, bringing about a reduction in yield...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010481328
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The financial economics of sovereign asset value : functional perspectives and market outcomes ; conference paper
Posch, Peter N.; Bowden, Roger J.; Kalteier, Eva-Maria - 2014
The asset value of government has traditionally been seen as the accounting value of public assets. We develop a detailed financial economics view on sovereign asset values using market measures to arrive at implied sovereign asset values. We establish definition and dependencies within the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010486036