Diese Dissertation (dt.: Einbeziehung von Modellunsicherheit in das Selektionsproblem von Schätzern für erwartete Renditen) beschäftigt sich mit der Unsicherheit aus einer Vielzahl verfügbarer Schätzer für latente erwartete Renditen den korrekten Schätzer auszuwählen. Anhand des...

Diese Doktorarbeit untersucht drei Fragestellungen. Erstens, wie die Wirkung von plötzlichen Änderungen exogener Faktoren auf endogene Variablen empirisch im Allgemeinen zu bestimmen ist. Zweitens, welche Effekte eine Erhöhung der Staatsausgaben im Speziellen hat. Drittens, wie optimale...

Electricity price forecasting is an important task for electricity market participants since the very beginning of the deregulation. Accurate forecasting is essential for designing bidding strategy, risk management, and market operation. However, due to the compli-cated factors affecting...

This dissertation focuses on monetary policy rules in the OECD countries at both theoretical and empirical levels. It is divided into seven chapters.Chapter 1 presents some recent literature on monetary policy rules and introduces the goal and organization of this dissertation.Chapter 2 explores...

While the market for credit instruments grew continuously in the decade before 2008, its liquidity has dried up significantly in the current crisis, and investors have become aware of the possible consequences of being exposed to credit risk. In this thesis we address these issues by pricing...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research report examines stock market reactions to sudden changes in investor mood. The motivation for the study is the large volume of psychology and finance research showing that investor mood is affected by various non-economic or economically-neutral phenomena....

This study examines whether short-sellers and financial analysts develop complementary information about future earnings and returns and assesses whether investors can improve predictions made by each of these intermediaries using information provided by the other. The first main result is that...

We propose an asset pricing model in a production economy where cash flows are determined by firms' optimal dividend and investment decisions. Extensive and intensive decision margins in dividend payout are modeled with cash holding and investment adjustment costs. The model implies that delays...

Bakalauro baigiamajame darbe nagrinėjama fundamentinių ir psichologinių veiksnių įtaka akcijų pelningumams. Darbą sudaro dvi dalys: teorinė ir praktinė. Teorinėje dalyje apžvelgiama viena iš populiariausių investavimo priemonių – akcijos, jų esmė ir klasifikacija bei akcijų...