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Market makers in some financial markets often make offsetting trades and have significant market power. We develop a market making model that captures these market features as well as other important characteristics such as information asymmetry and inventory risk. In contrast to the existing...
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Most existing portfolio choice models ignore the prevalent periodic market closure and the fact that market volatility is significantly higher during trading periods. We find that market closure and the volatility difference across trading and nontrading periods significantly change optimal...
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Most existing portfolio choice models ignore periodic market closure and the fact that market volatility is significantly higher during trading periods. We show that market closure and the volatility difference across trading and nontrading periods significantly change optimal trading strategies...
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We investigate ownership effects on capital adjustment in China from 2000 - 2012 and find that state-owned banks hold higher capital than other ownership types. Foreign banks are more highly capitalized than local non-state banks but under-capitalized compared with bigger non-state banks with a...
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They do so as a strategy for assets expansion. We find that, relative to the control group, U.S. SEO banks increased not only in their capital ratios but also deposits and assets in the years post-SEO. The newly raised funds are invested mainly in retail loans. The overall risk is increased and...
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We examine the impact of the social attachment through age similarity between the independent directors and the CEO on earnings management. Using changes in independent director composition due to director death and retirement for identification, we find that firms with the presence of the...
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We investigate whether the relationship between competition and risk varies across different types of Japanese banks over the period 2000-2009. The results of our empirical investigation show that risk varies across bank types. Specifically, nationwide (City and Trust) banks are riskier on...
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