This note is a response to a recent paper by Erb and Harvey (2005). We show that diversification returns are mathematical properties of geometric averages of index returns, and not due to rebalancing. We also show how rebalancing affects the performance of the equal-weighted commodity futures...

We construct an equally-weighted index of commodity futures monthly returns over the period between July of 1959 and December of 2004 in order to study simple properties of commodity futures as an asset class. Fully-collateralized commodity futures have historically offered the same return and...

This paper models stock returns as a function of three components: a constant expected return, the impact of the mechanism for executing trades, and a rational expectations error. We examine changes in these parameters using Goldfeld and Quandt's (1976) deterministic switching based on time....

Germany's financial system differs in many respects from those of the United States or Britain. One key difference is the banking system, which plays a relatively greater role in Germany. Germany has long had universal banks, institutions that provide a full range of financial services. Some...

We model a run on a financial market, in which each risk-neutral investor fears having to liquidate shares after a run, but before prices can recover back to fundamental values. To avoid having to possibly liquidate shares at the marginal post-run price - in which case the risk-averse...

The historical literature has traditionally paid much attention to the role of universal banking in the industrialization of Germany and has presumed, in line with Gerschenkron (1962), that the system gained preeminence in the late nineteenth century due to the general 'backwardness' of the...

Several decades ago, Gerschenkron famously argued that banks facilitate economic growth in quot;backwardquot; countries. To similar effect, theorists sometime claim that banks promote growth by reducing informational asymmetries and thereby improving the allocation of funds. As a fast-growth but...

Korean Abstract: 본 연구의 목적은 미국 일본 및 유럽 등 선진국 예금보험기관이 파산한 보험회사에 대하여 예금보험금을 지급한 사례를 분석하고 정리함으로써 국내 예금보험의 합리적인 운영에 도움을 줄 수 있는 시사점을...

Korean Abstract: 연구는 2002년 이후 한국의 은행 자료를 이용하여 은행 자기자본비율과 자기자본비용 관계를 추정하였다. 먼저 자본자산가격결정모형(CAPM) 모형을 이용하여 한국의 은행 자기자본비용을 추정하였다. 다음 은행...

There was perhaps no issue of greater importance to the financial regulatory reforms of 2010 than the resolution, without taxpayer assistance, of large financial institutions. The rescue of firms such as AIG shocked the public conscience and provided the political force behind the passage of the...