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We present an equilibrium production economy in which default occurs in equilibrium. The borrower chooses optimal default and consumption policies, taking into account that default is costly and the lender gains access to the technology upon default. We derive asset prices and default premia in this economy. The borrower's relative risk aversion in wealth increases with decreases in wealth due to the increased possibility of default at low wealth levels. This produces a time-varying pricing kernel and a countercyclical equity premium.
Monte Carlo Methods are among the most broadly applicable and thus most powerful tools for valuing derivatives securities and measuring their risks. As computer speeds continue to increase and new research expands the scope and efficiency of these methods, their use is destined to grow. This book is devoted to the use of Monte Carlo methods in finance. Advances in Monte Carlo methods in financial engineering take place at the interface between academic research and industry practice. This book targets that interface developing theory closely tied to applications.
This study reports on the ex-post performance of survivor REITs and RECs over a 14.5-year period covering several business cycles. The results show that the systematic risk and risk-adjusted returns of REITs and RECs are quite different, especially during periods of low growth in real GNP. Relative to the overall stock market, survivor REITs, in particular, equity REITs, exhibited less volatility and higher returns than previous studies revealed.
Organizations private rms, government agencies, and non-pro t organizations can be modeled as networks of agents who are working together toward a common set of goals. Arrow (1974) views organizations as ways to overcome the limits of individual agents. By bringing together multiple workers, organizations can perform tasks that are outside the reach of any individual. While this creates production opportunities it also poses a challenge. In order to be productive, workers must coordinate their actions.
The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the trend of many colleges moving to testoptional, and in some cases test-blind, admissions policies. A frequent claim is that by not seeing standardized test scores, a college is able to admit a student body that it prefers, such as one with more diversity. But how can observing less information allow a college to improve its decisions? We argue that test-optional policies may be driven by social pressure on colleges’ admission decisions.
Earnings management involves actions by managers to influence reported financial results, often to present a more favorable view of company performance. In this chapter, we discuss the tools available to managers for earnings management. We first consider manipulation of net income through accruals and real earnings management. Then, we disaggregate earnings management along the income statement, comparing manipulation of revenue, expenses, and gains and losses.
This paper studies systemic risk in the interbank market. We first establish that in the German interbank lending market, a few large banks intermediate funding flows between many smaller periphery banks. We then develop a network model in which banks trade off the costs and benefits of link formation to explain these patterns. The model is structurally estimated using banks' preferences as revealed by the observed network structure before the 2008 financial crisis.
