We investigate the timing and the valuation of strategic investment aimed at enhancing entry opportunities in related market segments. As demand is uncertain, entry options should be exercised at the optimal time, trading off the market share gain against the option to wait until more...

This Paper derives an approximate solution to a continuous-time intertemporal portfolio and consumption choice problem. The problem is the continuous-time equivalent of the discrete-time problem studied by Campbell and Viceira (1999), in which the expected excess return on a risky asset follows...

We report on six large-scale financial markets experiments that were designed to test two of the most basic propositions of modern asset pricing theory, namely, that the interaction between risk averse agents in a competitive market leads to equilibration, and that, in equilibrium, risk premia...

In this paper we first prove an equilibrium existe theorem for finite dimensional economies with unbounded below consumption sets. We only assume that the individually rational utility set is compact and use the demand approach instead of the standard Negishi's approach. We next compare the...

This paper adapts the methods of Minimax-Hedging developped in Bernis & Giraud [2000] to other models of financial markets, including discontinuous semi-martingale. The measure of the risk is defined as the value of a zero-sum game between the investor and a fictitious player, representing the...

We compare the price impact of trades across market structures by examining firms that switch exchanges. When firms are listed on Nasdaq, quoted prices adjust quite slowly to the information contained in order flow. On average, it takes about 5 minutes (or about 6 transactions) for half of the...

We simplify Merton's fund separation theorem by showing that investors will hold hedge funds intheir optimal portfolio only to hedge against changes in the slope or position of the instantaneous capital market line.

This paper investigates the stability of Australian ex ante real interest rates for a range of maturities. Both ex ante real and nominal interest rate series are found to be nonstationary even after following for the possibility of structural breaks using techniques developped by Zivot and...

Managing joint venture (JV transitions can have implications for parent firm performance as JVs become important, albeit temporary, instruments of firms' corporate and international strategies. This study examines the average shareholder wealth effects of five specific types of JV termination....