The study is divided into four broad parts, beginning with an exploratory analysis of the data on expost returns on corporate equities and bonds for the 1926-80 period. In Part 2, we estimate the relationships between one-month expost returns on corporate bonds and equities andvariations in...

The paper begins with the development of models explaining the mortgage refinancing and assumption decisions of households Having identified the economic variables influencing these decisions, we then simulate the models for different values to determine under what conditions households will...

Observed differentials among yield series for different types of long-term instruments--U.S. government bonds, municipal bonds, corporate bonds and residential mortgages--vary considerably over time.

The upward‐only lease is the dominant rental contract in the UK, while the turnover lease is widely used in the US retail sector. This paper compares and contracts the landlord rent options in these two leases, interpreting and extending the earlier simulation analysis of Booth and Walsh and...