When regressing return on variance, does a low coefficient necessarily indicate low risk-aversion? Considering CAPM tests conditional on investor sentiment, like in Yu and Yuan [2011], we find that the familiar power issue in single-equation CAPM tests is exacerbated when sentiment is high: the...

Myers (1974---‘M74') derives the Cost of Capital (CC), including the corporate-tax subsidy on borrowing, for a one-period investment project. From Miles and Ezzell (1980), this CC remains valid in multiperiod projects provided that, during the project's life, debt is continuously re-aligned...

This paper considers four competing propositions to explain the convex relationship between inventories and the cost-adjusted basis called the 'Working curve' - the convenience yield, the risk premium, data aggregation and the imbedded options value inherent to a futures contract. We use 70...