We investigate two alternative explanations why men may hold more stocks than women. Apart from a gender difference in risk aversion, gender differences in either optimism or in perceived risk of financial markets might cause men to hold more risky assets. Our results show that men tend to be...

A modest approximation by homebuyers leads house prices to display three features that are present in the data but usually missing from perfectly rational models: momentum at one-year horizons, mean reversion at five-year horizons, and excess longer-term volatility relative to fundamentals....

We investigate whether acquiring more education when young has long-term effects on risk-taking behavior in financial markets and whether the effects spill over to spouses and children. There is substantial evidence that more educated people are more likely to invest in the stock market....

Geopolitical issues have a profound effect on investment strategies and results. Investors inevitably must balance risk and reward. Geopolitics can bring both risks and opportunities, large and small, onto the investment landscape. The question is, How much time and effort can be devoted to this...

We propose a novel methodology to characterize the investor decision making process. By drawing logical paths in a structural equation model (SEM) framework, we uncover the role of a latent financial risk index that is simultaneously shaping the dynamics of different financial asset prices. Our...

Two types of agents have diverse beliefs about the law of motion for an exogenous endowment. One type knows the true law of motion and the other learns about it via Bayes' theorem. Financial market structure affects the dynamics of the distribution of financial wealth. When markets are complete,...

We develop a model for analyzing the sovereign debt crises of 2010–2013 in the Eurozone. The government sets its expenditure-debt policy optimally. The need to sell large quantities of bonds every period leaves the government vulnerable to self-fulfilling crises in which investors,...

The decision of why a particular investor or an individual chooses to invest his/her portion of income in financial market or stock market depends on their knowledge of capital markets and their attitude regarding stock-market investing. Also, it's important to understand how investors seek...

Each year, the NCAA basketball tournament (March Madness) is a daytime distraction for millions of people, providing a largely exogenous shock to investor attention. We investigate whether March Madness influences the market response to earnings by diverting investor attention away from earnings...

Part I of this article focuses on the stepped-up basis at death, describing the history and policies behind the adjustment of income tax basis to its fair market value on a decedent's date of death. Part II of this article focuses on IRD. This section discusses the meaning of IRD as well as the...