We use a perturbation method to solve the incomplete markets model with aggregate uncertainty described in den Haan et al. [Computational suite of models with heterogeneous agents: incomplete markets and model uncertainty. Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control, this issue]. To apply that...

This study introduces a model that identifies relationships between stylized features on S&P 500, VIX and derivatives on VIX. The paper considers a specification with discontinuous correlated jumps in stock prices and stock price volatility with state-dependent arrival intensity, and examines...

We show how the method of endogenous gridpoints can be extended to solve models with occasionally binding constraints among endogenous variables very efficiently. We present the method for a consumer problem with occasionally binding collateral constraints and non-separable utility in durable...

There is growing interest in utilizing the range data of asset prices to study the role of volatility in financial markets. In this paper, a new range-based volatility model was used to examine the economic value of volatility timing in a mean-variance framework. We compared its performance with...

In a classic paper, "The Lag in Effect of Monetary Policy," Friedman (1961) describes an expansionary open market operation as diffusing across the economy, pulling the price in one market out of line with the price in the next market as it spreads. The objective of this paper is to build a...

We consider a portfolio optimization problem for a short-term investor who faces an illiquid stock market. The illiquidity of this market results from a transitory price impact that is captured by the transaction costs that are convex in the number of shares traded by an investor. The linear...

A stochastic forest rotation model in the Faustmann tradition is presented and exemplified. The model combines harvesting decisions with the potential to recover or clean up to restore the land after very unfavorable evolutions of the stochastic growth process. Uncertainty is shown to have a...

This paper presents a two-country DSGE model with state-dependent pricing as in Dotsey et al. (1999) in which firms discriminate across countries by setting prices in local currency. In this model, a domestic monetary expansion has greater spillover effects to foreign prices and foreign economic...