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We formulate a robust theory of liquidity and risk management based on two fundamental frictions: 1) the entrepreneur … significant distortions for risk-sharing, corporate investment, and consumption. With regard to concern for ambiguity aversion …, the impacts of ambiguity on risk hedging is ambiguous due to the interactions between robustness and limited commitment …
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Inflation-targeting central banks have only imperfect knowledge about the effect of policy decisions on inflation. An important source of uncertainty is the relationship between inflation and unemployment. This paper studies the optimal monetary policy in the presence of uncertainty about the...
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We examine the impact on firm cash holdings of uncertainty of uncertainty, measured as the ex post volatility of …, we find that, when there is greater volatility of economic uncertainty, firms hold more cash. Our results are robust to … the possibility of a future desirability of investment. Therefore, when there is greater expected volatility of …
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I consider the efficiency of liability rules when courts obtain imperfect information about precautionary behavior. I ask what tort rules are consistent with socially efficient precautions, what informational requirements the evidence about the parties' behavior must satisfy, what decision rules...
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Entrepreneurs' exposure to economic uncertainty from regulation, monetary policy, and taxation is exacerbated by the inflexibility of capital asset commitments. Entrepreneurs adapt to uncertainty by reducing asset specificity. While the mainstream approach tends to focus on reduced aggregate...
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This paper studies the effects of changes in uncertainty on optimal leverage and investment in a dynamic firm-financing model in which firms have access to complete markets subject to collateral constraints. Entrepreneurs finance projects with their net worth and by issuing state-contingent...
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) and the General Theory (1936), as well as follow-ups in the postKeynesian approaches and others dealing with “fundamental …
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-)variance of power plant profits. If investors are risk-averse, these differ- ences lead to divergent investment portfolios …, breaking the equivalence of price- and quantity-based policy instruments under risk-neutrality. Using the European power sector … with increasing risk aversion. …
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) and the General Theory (1936), as well as follow-ups in the post-Keynesian approaches and others dealing with "fundamental …
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In this paper we perform a meta-analysis on empirical estimates of the impact between investment and uncertainty. Since the outcomes of primary studies are largely incomparable with respect to the magnitude of the effect, our analysis focuses on the direction and statistical significance of the...
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