This dissertation analyzes how asset performance relates to inflation based on 50 countries and 60 years of data. The three key findings are: a nonlinear behavior of bills, bonds, and equities against inflation, the demystification of listed infrastructure as inflation hedge, and, finally, a...

We examine the cross-sectional determinants of individual investors´ noise trading activity based on their respective Big Five personality traits. Our unique data set is obtained by a self-reported questionnaire that includes responses of 2,147 individual investors who actively engage in...