We consider the demand for state-contingent claims, in the presence of an independent zero-mean, non-hedgeable background risk. An agent is defined to be generalized risk averse if he/she chooses a demand function for contingent claims with a smaller slope everywhere, given a simple increase in...

We use a unique data-set to study liquidity effects in the US corporatebond market, covering more than 30,000 bonds. Our analysis explorestime-series and cross-sectional aspects of corporate bond yield spreads,with the main focus being on the quanti fication of the impact ofliquidity factors,...

We study the impact of financial innovations on real investmentdecisions within the framework of an incomplete market economy comprisedof fi rms, investors, and an intermediary. The fi rms face uniqueinvestment opportunities that arise in their business operations and canbe undertaken at given...

A recent trend in the German Asset Backed Securities (ABS) market is the securitisation of subordinated loans and profit participation agreements (PPAs) granted to medium-sized enterprises (MEs). This paper provides an overview of this growing market and analyses the benefits of such...

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This paper analyzes the interaction between switching investments and hedging. First, the paper shows that hedging economic risk is not optimal in a world with financial distress costs. We assume that financial distress costs are a declining convex function in the level of financial reserves....

Der intensive Wettbewerb zwischen den Banke in Deutschland hat zu sehr attraktiven Kreditkonditionen für die Kreditnehmer geführt. Es überrascht daher nicht, wenn deutsche Unternehmen ihre Fremdfinanzierung weitgehend über Bankkredite abwickeln, wenig Gebrauch von Schuldverschreibungen...

The Black-Scholes model is based on a one-parameter pricing kernel with constant elasticity. Theoretical and empirical results suggest declining elasticity and, hence, a pricing kernel with at least two parameters. We price European-style options on assets whose probability distributions have...

Das Buch vermittelt einen Überblick über die moderne Kapitalmarkttheorie und verdeutlicht ihre Bedeutung für unternehmerische Entscheidungen im Investitions- und Finanzierungsbereich. Ausführlich erörtert werden auch die Zusammenhänge zwischen Finanzwirtschaft und Rechnungswesen des...