This empirical examination of the effect of rollover risk on default risk uses a database of U.S. industrial firms during 1986-2011. This article represents the most comprehensive empirical study to date to support the existence of a rollover risk effect on default risk. This paper investigates...

We study the effect of rollover risk on the risk of default using a comprehensive database of U.S. industrial firms during 1986–2013 This article is the most thoroughgoing empirical research to date to support the existence of a rollover risk effect on the risk of default. A one standard...

This research verifies the existence of the aversion to uncertainty bias in individual financial decisions. It also evaluates the effects of gender and knowledge in this bias. We considered a sample of 80 undergraduate management students from Universidade Católica de Brasília. The results...

The traditional approach to strategic asset allocation, based on portfolio theory, considers a rational investor optimizing the risk-return relationship of possible allocations, given, with certainty, the risk-return properties of each eligible asset. This approach usually offers unstable and...