Publications

This report presents two of our investigations: one is to obtain an accurate forecast for the corporate bankruptcy; the other is to obtain a physical...

This paper develops a new estimation procedure for characteristic-based factor models of security returns. We treat the factor model as a weighted...

We introduce a general and flexible framework for hedge fund performance evaluation and asset allocation: stochastic dominance (SD) theory. Our...

Using U.K. microeconomic data, we analyze the empirical determinants of voluntary annuity market demand. We find that annuity market participation...

This work investigates both theoretically and empirically how the behaviour of financial analysts is affected by competition, measured as the strength...

This Special Paper is a collection of the contributions to the one day conference on Prompt Corrective Action & Cross Border Supervisory Issues In...

A prevalent feature in rating markets is the possibility for the client to hide the outcome of the rating process, after learning that outcome. This...

We consider performance measurement and evaluation for managed funds. Similarities and differences−both in econometric practice and in interpretation...

This paper surveys asset allocation methods that extend the traditional approach. An important feature of the the traditional approach is that...

Peston Lecture in honour of Maurice, Lord Peston, delivered at Queen Mary College, London, on 28th February 2007.

In the presence of overlapping generations, markets are incomplete because it is impossible to engage in risksharing trades with the unborn. In such...

This paper analyzes how non-voting shares affect the takeover outcome in a single-bidder model with asymmetric information and private benefit...

Corporate finance theories suggest that problems of asymmetric information and moral hazard in credit markets can be addressed by choosing short-term...

We provide a model that links an asset’s market liquidity — i.e., the ease with which it is traded — and traders’ funding liquidity — i.e., the ease...

We show, in an exchange economy with default, liquidity constraints and no aggregate uncertainty, that state prices in a complete markets general...