In the discussion on the relationship between spot and forward prices in electricity markets, the equilibrium approach has an unambiguous prevalence. It is the relative recency of this market that gives rise to the question of how precisely forward prices converge to the spot prices. We decide...

The reality of contemporary developments in the capital markets indicates that they do not lend themselves to the deductive theory based on simplified rationality of the physical world. The behaviour of the markets cannot be derived from rather bare postulates of the so called "random walk"...

This article examines the determinants of the optimal percentage that private investors seek to invest in a socially responsible (SR) way when forming their portfolio. By conducting a global online survey in English, German and French, we find indications that it is sufficient for the majority...

In this paper we propose a novel interval optimization approach for portfolio selection when imprecise forecasts are available. We consider investors acting their choices according to the prospect theory, where scenarios are provided in the form of approximate numbers. The resulting constrained...

The recent increase in passive investment products has provided investors with easy access to international markets. The basic motivation of this paper is to offer new tools to investors who want to allocate assets across countries. This study investigates the performance of equity country...

This letter explores an extension of the use of Faff’s (2015b) pitch template to a collaborative research setting. The pitch template can be used to enhance communication and clarify assumptions early in the research process, as well as to provide a backbone for the completion of the research....