A repeated, discrete time, nonlinear Cournot duopoly game with adjusting heterogeneous players, i.e. bounded rational and adaptive, is subject of investigation. The game is modeled by a system of two nonlinear difference equations. The evolution of outputs over time is obtained by iteration of a...

<Para ID="Par1">It is well known that market prices of risk play an important role in commodity derivative valuation. There is an extensive literature showing that market prices of risk vary through time. Based on these results, a factor model, with two long- and short-term factors, with market prices of risk...</para>

We build a Real Options model to assess the importance of private provisionand the impact of expropriation risk on investment timing, investmentvolumes, governmental costs and social welfare. We consider two types ofbusinesses (essential and non essential businesses) and two stages (operatingand...

It is well known that the prices of crude oil and its primary refined products (i.e., heating oil and gasoline) are cointegrated. In this paper, we extend this empirical evidence by showing that the refining margin is stationary and therefore exhibits different dynamics from crude oil or its...

This paper contributes to the commodity pricing literature by consistently modeling the convenience yield with its empirically observed properties. Specifically, in this paper, we show how a four-factor model for the stochastic behavior of commodity prices, with two long- and short-term factors...

The use of macro stress tests to assess bank solvency has developed rapidly over the past few years. This development was reinforced by the financial crisis, which resulted in substantial losses for banks and created general uncertainty about the banking sector's loss-bearing capacity. Macro...

The aim of this study is to assess the extent to which the degree of heterogeneity of inflation expectations is driven by the flow of information related to current and future price developments. To that end, we follow three routes: i) We propose different measures of information flow that have...

This paper aims to illustrate how weight matrices that are needed to construct foreign variable vectors in Global Vector Autoregressive (GVAR) models can be estimated jointly with the GVAR's parameters. An application to real GDP and consumption expenditure price inflation as well as a...

The purpose of the paper is to develop a Regime-Switching Global Vector Autoregressive (RS-GVAR) model. The RS-GVAR model allows for recurring or non-recurring structural changes in all or a subset of countries. It can be used to generate regime-dependent impulse response functions which are...

This paper aims to illustrate how a Mixed-Cross-Section Global Vector Autoregressive (MCS-GVAR) model can be set up and solved for the purpose of forecasting and scenario simulation. The application involves two cross-sections: sovereigns and banks for which we model their credit default swap...