The present value model of the current account has been very popular, as it provides an optimal benchmark to which actual current account series have often been compared. We show why persistence in observed current account data makes the estimated optimal series very sensitive to small-sample...

Present value calculations require predictions of cash flows both at near and distant future points in time. Such predictions are generally surrounded by considerable uncertainty and may critically depend on assumptions about parameter values as well as the form and stability of the data...

Ziel dieses Beitrags ist die Quantifizierung der Entscheidungswirkungen von Verlustverrechnungsbeschränkungen bei innerstaatlichen und grenzüberschreitenden Investitionsmöglichkeiten. Da die Vorteilhaftigkeit von Investitionen nur als relatives Maß anhand einer Unterlassungsalternative...

Retirees confront the difficult problem of how to manage their money in retirement so as to not outlive their funds while continuing to invest in capital markets. We posit a dynamic utility maximizer who makes both asset location and allocation decisions when managing her retirement financial...

Im vorliegenden Beitrag werden die Entscheidungswirkungen der deutschen Abschnittsbesteuerung auf die optimale Repatriierung multinationaler Unternehmen untersucht. Anhand des Beispiels einer inländischen Einzelunternehmung, die eine Finanzanlage oder eine Realinvestition entweder in einer...

The present value model of the current account has been very popular, as it provides an optimal benchmark to which actual current account series have often been compared. We show why persistence in observed current account data makes the estimated optimal series very sensitive to small-sample...

A large part of the current debate on US stock price behavior concentrates on the question of whether stock prices are driven by fundamentals or by non-fundamental factors. In this paper we put forward the hypothesis that a present value model with time-varying expected returns provides an...