In Cascon and Shadwick (2006) we extensively discussed the use of models in finance. We pointed out how ideas that have become generally accepted often depend on assumptions that, as time passes, are likely to be unstated or even forgotten entirely, with potentially significant consequences. In...

Using a framework akin to portfolio theory in asset pricing, we introduce the concept of “political beta” to model firm-level export diversification in response to global political risk. The main implication of our model is that a firm is less responsive to changes in political relations...

CPEC, a mega project that aims to connect Gwadar from Kashghar, is not only a game changer for China and Pakistan but it is for the whole region. This research paper will disclose the impact of the announcement of CPEC on different sectors including cement, automobile, banking, insurance and...

We test whether bear market risk - time-variation in the probability of future bear market states - is priced. We construct an Arrow-Debreu security that pays off in bear market states (AD Bear) from traded S&P 500 index options and use its returns to measure bear market risk. We find that bear...

This study aims to analyze and test empirically the influence of corporate financial performance against systematic risk on stocks. The analysis technique used is multiple linear regression. The results showed that the financial performance did not significantly affect the systematic risk of the...

The low beta anomaly is well documented for equity markets. However, the existence of such a factor in corporate bond markets is less explored. I find that European corporate bonds of firms with a low equity beta have higher risk-adjusted returns, on average, than European corporate bonds of...