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Term Structure of Interest Rates and Implied Market Frictions: The Min--Max Approach

Ioffe, Ioulia D.; Prisman, Eliezer Z. - In: Management Science 49 (2003) 7, pp. 965-978

It is often assumed that financial markets are frictionless. Bond markets are illiquid and bond prices are observed with errors. The magnitude of these errors leads to violation of no--arbitrage conditions and, consequently, prevents researchers from obtaining an estimate of the term structure...

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On Matching Book: A Problem in Banking and Corporate Finance

Shubik, M.; Sobel, M. J. - In: Management Science 38 (1992) 6, pp. 827-839

In each of the asset and liability markets in which the banking firm is an intermediary, typically there are instruments with differing maturities. The bank matching book problem is to manage the term structures of assets and liabilities. In our first model, the bank borrows and lends only short...

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A No-Arbitrage Analysis of Macroeconomic Determinants of the Credit Spread Term Structure

Wu, Liuren; Zhang, Frank Xiaoling - In: Management Science 54 (2008) 6, pp. 1160-1175

From a large array of economic and financial data series, this paper identifies three fundamental risk dimensions underlying an economy: inflation, real output growth, and financial market volatility. Furthermore, through a no-arbitrage model, the paper links the dynamics and market pricing of...

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Demand Forecasting Behavior: System Neglect and Change Detection

Kremer, Mirko; Moritz, Brent; Siemsen, Enno - In: Management Science 57 (2011) 10, pp. 1827-1843

that forecasting behavior systematically deviates from normative predictions: Forecasters overreact to forecast errors in …

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A Case-Based Model of Probability and Pricing Judgments: Biases in Buying and Selling Uncertainty

Brenner, Lyle A.; Griffin, Dale W.; Koehler, Derek J. - In: Management Science 58 (2012) 1, pp. 159-178

We integrate a case-based model of probability judgment with prospect theory to explore asset pricing under uncertainty. Research within the "heuristics and biases" tradition suggests that probability judgments respond primarily to case-specific evidence and disregard aggregate characteristics...

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Note---Sliding Simulation: A New Approach to Time Series Forecasting

Makridakis, Spyros - In: Management Science 36 (1990) 4, pp. 505-512

This paper proposes a new approach to time series forecasting based upon three premises. First, a model is selected not … forecasting horizon separately, making it possible to have different models/methods to predict each of the m horizons. This …

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Does a Manufacturer Benefit from Selling to a Better-Forecasting Retailer?

Taylor, Terry A.; Xiao, Wenqiang - In: Management Science 56 (2010) 9, pp. 1584-1598

-forecast information. We show that the manufacturer's expected profit is convex in the retailer's forecasting accuracy: The manufacturer … benefits from selling to a better-forecasting retailer if and only if the retailer is already a good forecaster. If the … retailer has poor forecasting capabilities, then the manufacturer is hurt as the retailer's forecasting capability improves …

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Effective Scoring Rules for Probabilistic Forecasts

Friedman, Daniel - In: Management Science 29 (1983) 4, pp. 447-454

forecasting) are also provided. …

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From Story Line to Box Office: A New Approach for Green-Lighting Movie Scripts

Eliashberg, Jehoshua; Hui, Sam K.; Zhang, Z. John - In: Management Science 53 (2007) 6, pp. 881-893

Movie studios often have to choose among thousands of scripts to decide which ones to turn into movies. Despite the huge amount of money at stake, this process--known as green-lighting in the movie industry--is largely a guesswork based on experts' experience and intuitions. In this paper, we...

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Which GARCH Model for Option Valuation?

Christoffersen, Peter; Jacobs, Kris - In: Management Science 50 (2004) 9, pp. 1204-1221

Characterizing asset return dynamics using volatility models is an important part of empirical finance. The existing literature on GARCH models favors some rather complex volatility specifications whose relative performance is usually assessed through their likelihood based on a time series of...

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