We introduce a new coherent risk measure, the minimal-entropy risk measure, which is built on the minimal-entropy 𝜎-martingale measure - a concept inspired by the well-known minimal-entropy martingale measure used in option pricing. While the minimal-entropy martingale measure is commonly...

How does global risk impact the world economy? In taking up this question, we focus on the dollar's role in the international adjustment mechanism. First, we rely on high-frequency surprises in the price of gold to identify the effects of global risk shocks in a Bayesian Proxy VAR model. They...

Modern information technologies make it possible to store, analyze, and trade unprecedented amounts of detailed information about individuals. This has led to public discussions on whether individuals' privacy should be better protected by restricting the amount or the precision of information...

How does global risk impact the world economy? In taking up this question, we focus on the dollar’s role in the international adjustment mechanism. First, we rely on high-frequency surprises in the price of gold to identify the effects of global risk shocks in a Bayesian Proxy VAR model. They...