We introduce a new discounted cash flow model which adopts the diversification effect of multi-business firms. We face two challenges: One is examining how different diversification extents can affect the firm value due to risk reduction, and the other is modeling segment-specific cash flows and...

We survey the recent literature on corporate diversification. How does corporate diversification influence firm value? Does it create or destroy value? While, until the beginning of this century, the predominant thinking among researchers and practitioners was that corporate diversification...

We introduce a new discounted cash flow model which adopts the diversification effectof multi-business firms. We face two challenges: One is examining how different diversificationextents can affect the firm value due to risk reduction, and the other is modelingsegment-specific cash flows and...

This paper addresses the inconsistency of downturn definition adopted by the conditional PD under the IRBA and the downturn LGD (latent variable based versus macroeconomic based). This will potentially result in risk underestimation and inadequate capital coverage. We confirm this...

We survey the recent literature on corporate diversification. How does corporate diversification influence firm value? Does it create or destroy value? While, until the beginning of this century, the predominant thinking among researchers and practitioners was that corporate diversification...

We survey the recent literature on corporate diversification. How does corporate diversification influence firm value? Does it create or destroy value? Until the beginning of this century, the predominant thinking among researchers and practitioners was that corporate diversification leads to an...

We introduce a new discounted cash flow model which integrates the diversification effect of multi-business firms. We face two challenges. One is examining how different degrees of diversification can affect firm value due to risk reduction, and the other is modeling segment-specific cash flows...