This paper shows that the impact of labor income risk on the cross-section of expected stock returns depends crucially on the horizon. Using a flexible empirical approach that allows us to include multiple horizons simultaneously, we find robust evidence that the two- to four-year horizon...

We estimate a model for the term structure of discounted risk-adjusted dividend growth using prices of dividend futures for the Eurostoxx 50. A two-factor model capturing short-term mean reversion within a year and a medium-term component reverting at business-cycle horizon gives an excellent...

This study investigates the influence of fund management firm characteristics on mutual fund performance. Using a sample of European-domiciled open-end equity funds for the period 1998-2008, this study finds that the funds of private companies have performed better than the funds of public...

We derive an equilibrium asset pricing model incorporating liquidity risk, derivative assets, and short-selling due to hedging of non-traded risk. We show that, both for positive-net-supply assets and derivatives, the sign of liquidity effects depends on investor heterogeneity in non-traded risk...

We analyze a dynamic investment problem with interest rate risk and ambiguity. After deriving the optimal terminal wealth and investment policy, we expand our model into a robust general equilibrium model and calibrate it to U.S. data. We confirm the bond premium puzzle, i.e., we need an...

In this paper, we examine liquidity pricing in emerging market corporate bonds. We find average market-wide effective bid-ask spreads of 0.72%, which rise to 1.4% during the financial crisis. Turnover is closely linked to several liquidity characteristics such as issue size and age. Using...

We analyze a dynamic Asset Liability Management problem with model uncertainty in a complete market. The fund manager acts in the best interest of the pension holders by maximizing the expected utility derived from the terminal funding ratio. We solve the robust multi-period Asset Liability...

We assess the economic benefits of having access to housing futures for homeowning investors, using a model for the portfolio choice between stocks, bonds of various maturity, different mortgage types, and housing futures. We compare the utility gains of housing futures with the economic...

We investigate the optimal portfolio and consumption policies for a finite-horizon investor in a life-cycle model with habit formation and inflation risk. We consider two types of habit investors: one forms habit based on real past consumption, while the other on nominal past consumption, which...

We use realised variances and co-variances based on intraday data from Eurozone sovereign bond market to measure the dependence structure of eurozone sovereign yields. Our analysis focuses on the impact of news, obtained from the Eurointelligence newsflash, on the dependence structure. More news...