This paper conducts a comprehensive asset pricing study based on a unique dataset for theGerman stock market. For the period 1963 to 2006 we show that value characteristics andmomentum explain the cross-section of stock returns. Corresponding factor portfolios havesignificant premiums across...

When assets exhibit asymmetric dependence or joint downside risk, diversificationcan fail and financial markets may be prone to systemic risk. We analyze thedependence structure of risk factors in the US economy, using both correlations anda parsimonious set of copulas. We find evidence of...

This paper reveals that the class of affine term structure models introduced by Duffie and Kan (1996) is much larger than it has been usually considered in the literature. We study "fundamental" risk factors, which represent multivariate risk aversion of the consumer volatility matrix of the...

We explore the determinants of yield differentials between long-term sovereigen bonds in Europa area. There is a common trend in yield differentials, which is correlated with the measure of tghe international risk factor. In contrast, liquidity differentials display sizeable hetrogeneity and no...

The study develops a methodology for identifying and managing fiscal risks that will improve the measures taken by the tax authority, in the context of the efforts to streamline fiscal fraud controls but also to improve the behaviour of taxable subjects. The main objective of the research was to...

Using new data on returns and risk factors the paper considers the stock performance on the Japanese market, which is the second largest in the world and operates under unique macroeconomic conditions. We find that the CAPM model is not an adequate approach for the Japanese market. The Carhart...

Die vorliegende Dissertation beinhaltet drei Beiträge, welche sich mit verschiedenen Aspekten der Dynamischen Asset Allokation befassen. Letztere beschreibt die Steuerung der Portfolioallokation eines Investors im Verlauf der Investitionsphase angesichts eines sich wandelnden Marktumfeldes und...