We demonstrate a means of incorporating asymmetric dependency structures during the portfolio construction process using copula functions. Specifically, we investigate how asymmetric return dependencies affect the efficient frontier and subsequent portfolio performance under a dynamic...

We examine the role that secondary Mathematics plays in the performance of students in introductory Business courses. Students who pass more advanced secondary Mathematics subjects perform significantly better in introductory Business courses. This 'Mathematics effect' is significantly stronger...

Corporate debt maturity is a concave function of financial leverage when the debt has restrictive asset-based covenants attached. This concavity kicks in earlier with increasing covenant tightness and is absent when firms have no restrictive asset-based covenants. We argue that this concavity is...

We examine the price of asymmetric dependence (AD) in the cross-section of US equities. Using a $\beta$-invariant AD metric, we demonstrate that the return premium for AD is approximately $47%$ of the premium for $\beta$. The premium for lower-tail AD equivalent to $26%$ of the market risk...

We provide theory and evidence to complement Choi's [RFS, 2013] important new insights on the returns to equity in 'value' firms. We show that higher future earnings growth ameliorates the value-reducing effect of leverage and, because the market for earnings is incomplete, reduces the...

Investors in firms with concentrated supplier or customer bases should not assume that idiosyncratic shocks to an economically linked firm disappear in a well-diversified portfolio. Customer-supplier linkages between firms are a channel by which shocks to a single firm can influence the stock...

We explore the prevalence of asset-price bubbles in Australian listed industrial equities and A-REIT markets. In contrast to the US listed stock markets, we find little evidence of asset-price bubbles in historical returns of Australian markets (1992-2016). Our findings are robust to the choice...

REITs are often assumed to be defensive assets having a low correlation with market returns. However, this dependence is not symmetric across the joint-return distribution. Disappointment-averse investors with state-dependent preferences attach (dis-)utility to investments exhibiting...

Managers can improve real risk-adjusted firm performance by matching nominal assets with nominal liabilities, thereby reducing the sensitivity of real risk-adjusted returns to unexpected inflation. The Net Asset Value (NAV) of US equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) serves as a good...

We explore the interdependence of leverage and debt maturity choices in Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and unregulated listed real estate investment companies in the U.S. for the period 1973-2011. We find that the leverage and maturity choices of all listed real estate firms are...