The roots of the 2008 financial crisis are often traced back to the collapse of the housing bubble. The factors that precipitated the crisis, and propagated its effects on firms and consumers to produce an economic contraction, are still the subject of ongoing debate among academics, policy...

This course, offered by the MIT Center for Real Estate, focuses on developing an understanding of the macroeconomic factors that shape and influence markets for real property. We will develop the theory of land markets and locational choice. The material covered includes studies of changing...

Affine term structure models (ATSMs) are known to have a trade-off in predicting future Treasury yields and fitting the time-varying volatility of interest rates. First, I empirically study the role of macroeconomic variables in simultaneously achieving these two goals under affine models. To...

By replacing the unknown random factors of factor analysis with observed macroeconomic variables, the arbitrage pricing theory (APT) is recast as a multivariate nonlinear regression model with across-equation restrictions. An explicit theoretical justification for the inclusion of an arbitrary,...

Kredito rizikos nuostoliai ypatingai pastebimi ekonomikos nuosmukio periodu. Todėl mokslinėje literatūroje vis dar ieškant atsakymo į klausimą, kaip makroekonominė aplinka įtakoja kredito riziką, šio darbo tikslas yra įvertinti Lietuvos bankų sistemos kredito rizikos priklausomybę...

Vienas iš populiariausių metodų pasaulyje ir Lietuvoje padedantis nustatyti įmonių finansinius sunkumus bei bankroto riziką yra E. Altmano modelis, kuris remiasi įmonių finansiniais rodikliais. Kita vertus, yra žinoma, kad įmonių, susiduriančių su finansiniais sunkumais, skaičių...

Recent nancial crises have highlighted the sensitivity and vulnerability of nancial marketsto ination, which reduces the value of money and a ects the net returns of nancial instruments.In response to this, investors who are concerned with maintaining their investment'spurchasing power rather...

Enables teams of engineering, science, and management students to work with the top management of international high-tech start-ups and gain hands-on experience in starting and running a new enterprise outside the United States. Lectures expose students to the issues and policies that affect the...

This paper examines the probability of domestic and international venture capital playinga critical role in the rapid development of IT and Communications technologies inemerging nations. First we examine the venture capital point of view highlighting whattoday's venture capitalists require from...

Enables teams of engineering, science, and management students to work with the top management of international high-tech start-ups and gain hands-on experience in starting and running a new enterprise outside the United States. Lectures expose students to the issues and policies that affect the...