This paper analyzes the implications of short-termism on portfolio decisions of investors, and its potential consequences on green investments. We study a dynamic portfolio choice problem that contains two assets, one asset with fluctuating returns and another asset with a constant risk-free...

A substantial increase of green investments is still required to reach the Paris Agreement's emission targets. Yet, capital markets to expedite green investments are generically constrained. Literature has shown that governments could de-risk such investments. Empirical beta pricing and yield...

The Integrated Assessment Model (IAM) has extensively treated the adverse effects of climatechange and the appropriate mitigation policy. We extend such a model to include optimalpolicies for mitigation, adaptation and infrastructure investment studying the dynamics of thetransition to a low...

This paper demonstrates how kernel density estimation and non-convergent inflection point identification contribute towards the study of wealth disparity. Measuring the dispersion of non-convergent paired inflection points taken from density estimates of the log of net wealth reveals multi-modal...

We present an extended integrated assessment model (IAM) that optimizes climate financing policies over multiple phases of discrete policy action. We build on Semmler et al. (2018) which develops a single-phase model of the optimal allocation of infrastructure expenditure to carbon-neutral...

Market share instability, during certain stages of the industry life-cycle, has become a stylized fact in the industrial organization literature. In the finance literature, volatility in the form of excess volatility, i.e. the much larger volatility of stock prices than dividends (although stock...

It appears that many boom-bust cycles are driven by linkages between the credit market and asset prices. Recently, in addition to credit, bonds and stocks, new complex securities have been developed, e.g., MBS, CDO and CDS, that act as instruments of financial intermediation and evaluation of...

The funding of climate mitigation and adaptation policies has become an essential issue in climate negotiations. Emissions trading schemes (ETS) and carbon tax policies are widely discussed as viable mitigation strategies, the revenue from which might then be used for adaptation efforts. In most...

This project studies and models key macroeconomic variables and their impact on sovereign risk premia across some European economies and developed countries. The sample is divided into groups of countries in the European Monetary Union (EMU), the 'standalone' economies that are outside the EMU...

In recent years, we have observed significant growth in unconventional energy, shale energy, in particular in the United States. There was a boom, followed by a bust. The plunge in oil price triggered a prolonged bust in the energy sector. Which firms will benefit, and which will be squeezed out...