The field experimental approach was utilized to collect expectations-arbitrage portfolios from competent investors in late 2008 where stock prices shrunk by 50%. Positions were closed after 3 months and the 4-factor model was applied to characterize strategies and derive risk-adjusted returns....

Ledermann et al. (2011) propose random orthogonal matrix (ROM) simulation for generating multivariate samples matching means and covariances exactly. Its computational efficiency compared to standard Monte Carlo methods makes it an interesting alternative. In this paper we enhance this method's...

This paper develops a new theory of the capital structure of parent--subsidiary organizations based on legal-system arbitrage: The capital structure of parent--subsidiary organizations is chosen to minimize the agency costs generated by selective renegotiation of claims written on the component...

We analyze strategic speculators' incentives to trade on information in a model where firm value is endogenous to trading, due to feedback from the financial market to corporate decisions. Trading reveals private information to managers and improves their real decisions, enhancing fundamental...

This paper deals with the risk associated with the mis-estimation of mean-reversion of residuals in statistical arbitrage. The main idea in statistical arbitrage is to exploit short-term deviations in returns from a long-term equilibrium across several assets. This kind of strategy heavily...

This article argues that the temporality of the financial economy ought to be seen as radically synchronistic. "Synchronism" refers to both an epistemological and practical approach that addresses finance neither with a view to the past nor to the future, but is instead focused on the moment...

We show that bond purchases undertaken in the context of quantitative easing efforts by the European Central Bank created a large mispricing between the market for German and Italian government bonds and their respective futures contracts. On top of the direct effect the buying pressure exerted...