Accruals are regarded as investments in working capital and are an integral component in the growth process of firms. By assuming asymmetry of information among investors when predicting the returns on such investments, investors are exposed to adverse selection problems. Consequently, in market...

This paper introduces a novel dynamic factor model designed to capture common locally explosive episodes, also known as common bubbles, within large-dimensional, potentially non-stationary time series. The model leverages a lower-dimensional set of factors exhibiting locally explosive behavior...