In this Paper we focus on the different historical regime experiences of the core and the periphery. Using conventional … default in large part because of their extensive external debt obligations denominated in core country currencies. This left … century forbearers. To obtain access to foreign capital they may need a hard peg to the core country currencies, or else can …

We propose a new, easy-to-implement, class of payment rules, "Reference Rules," to make core-selecting package auctions …

This paper analyzes financial institutions' capital allocation decisions when their required equity capital depends on … the risk of their projects chosen. We discuss the relevance of strict position limits against discretionary trading … can be delegated through an economic value added (EVA) compensation contract and solve for the optimal capital allocation …

This paper is the concluding chapter of Rights, Rents and Fairness: Allocation in the European Emissions Trading Scheme … lessons and general principles to be learnt from the allocation of allowances in the European Union Emission Trading Scheme … allocation process and on what are the global implications of the EU ETS. As has become obvious during the first allocation phase …

We develop a dynamic model of investment, cash holdings, financing, and risk management policies in which firms face …-flow sensitivity of cash display a more realistic behavior than in prior models with financing frictions. In addition, risk management …

This article introduces a method to quantify the effect of a firm’s strategic choices on the risk profile of its … profits at different horizons. We combine a demand system for differentiated products with counterfactual paths of risk … factors. Prices, costs and quantities respond endogenously to the counterfactual state of the world. The draws on risk factors …

theaters and trades, why they run, what determines the risk, whether to return to the theater or trade when the dust settles …, and how much to pay for assets (or tickets) in light of this risk. These theoretical considerations shed light on the …

This article presents an application of extreme value theory to compute the value at risk of a market position. In … to compute the VaR of a position decomposed on risk factors. …

-performance relationship by manipulating her risk exposure. In a dynamic portfolio choice framework, we show that as the year-end approaches … risky asset despite its positive risk premium. Under multiple sources of risk, with both systematic and idiosyncratic risks … present, we show that optimal managerial risk shifting may not necessarily involve taking on any idiosyncratic risk. Costs of …

-performance relationship by manipulating her risk exposure. In a dynamic portfolio choice framework, we show that the ensuing convexities in … the manager's objective give rise to a finite risk-shifting range over which she gambles to finish ahead of her benchmark …. Such gambling entails either an increase or a decrease in the volatility of the manager's portfolio, depending on her risk …