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We examine the real option implicit in countries' decisions of whether to join a monetary union and calibrate our theoretical model for the core ASEAN/AFTA group of Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. None of the countries would be prepared to join a monetary union amongst...
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The real option implicit in a country's decision of whether to leave an existing monetary union when there is uncertainty over the future benefits of this move is examined. The theoretical model used is calibrated for the current Euro-12 area by proxying policymakers' inflation preferences with...
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We examine when it might be optimal for borrowers to switch providers of debt products such as their mortgage, allowing in particular for the role of uncertainty by constructing a stylized real options model of the decision problem involved. We illustrate with numerical examples, and then...
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We investigate the impact of changes in capital of European banks on their risk-taking behaviour from 1992 to 2006, a time period covering the Basel I capital requirements. We specifically focus on the initial level and type of regulatory capital banks hold. First, we assume that risk changes...
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