Taxes are an important component of investing that is commonly overlooked in both the literature and in practice. For example, many understand that taxes will reduce an investment’s return, but less understood is the risk-sharing nature of taxes that also reduces the investment’s risk. This...

The evolving organization and operation of real estate capital markets. Sources of real estate capital. Primary and secondary mortgage markets. The investment behavior of real estate assets. The development of REITs and securitized debt markets. Advanced pricing techniques for complex real...

Magistro baigiamajame darbe pristatomas naujas kapitalo paskirstymo akcijų rinkoje modelis. Modelio teoriniam pagrindui naudojama modernioji portfelio teorija ir statistiniai prognozavimo metodai. Modelio praktinis panaudojimas pavaizduojamas Europos rinkų pavyzdžiu – peržiūrimi Nasdaq...

Most pension funds use an extensive array of service providers to administer and manage their financial assets. In this paper, I sketch a 'map' of the functional structure of service provision and the apparent spatial configuration of those elements. Theoretically, the paper could be thought...

Spot bitcoin ETFs have been recently approved in the U.S., increasing retail and institutional investors' attention to the crypto space. Still, empirical evidence on whether Bitcoin is an asset that protects investors against inflation is still inconclusive. To contribute to this debate, we...

Despite scarcity being central to economics, the scarcity of brain’s internal resources has largely been ignored. Neuroscience research increasingly points to the brain evolving as a prediction engine in response to this internal-resource scarcity. The brain meets every situation with...

Despite scarcity being central to economics, the scarcity of brain’s internal resources has largely been ignored. Neuroscience research increasingly points to the brain evolving as a prediction engine in response to this internal-resource scarcity. The brain meets every situation with...

We consider economic obstacles that limit the reliability and accuracy of value-at-risk (VaR). Investors who manage large market transactions should take into account the impact of the randomness of large trade volumes on predictions of price probability and VaR assessments. We introduce...

This paper investigates the determinants of financial dollarization in emerging market economies, a phenomenon where domestic residents hold large shares of their portfolios in foreign currencies. In addition to common explanatory variables, this paper places an emphasis on central banks'...

Through an empirical analysis of the impact of fluctuations in the international prices of crude oil, natural gas ‎and wheat on the US stock market performance, the study seeks to show evidence of the investor social ‎network sentiment effects post the Ukraine war declaration on February 24,...