The aim of this paper is to investigate the behavior of international equity returns and correlations using the discrete-time Markov-switching model and the impact of this behavior on international portfolio choices. We take the perspective of a US-based global investor who considers investment...

The purpose of this paper is to study the portfolio choice problem in the presence of a mixture of barriers to international investment from the view point of G-7 investors. We suggest a methodology based on a combination of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and the weighted goal programming...

In the context of globalization, through a growing process of market liberalization, advanced technology and economic trading bloc, national stock markets have become more interdependent, which limits the international portfolio diversification opportunities. This paper investigates the degree...

This paper is based on the study of Hilscher and Raviv (2014) and Tan and Yang (2015) to investigate the effects of contingent capital, a debt instrument that automatically converts into equity if the value of the asset is below a predetermined threshold on the pricing process of a bank assets'....

Based on a case study firm whose asset is an investment option, this paper focuses on the debt financing impact and the existence of agency conflicts regarding the option exercise on optimal investment decisions, optimal capital structure and option value. The investment opportunity which is a...

This paper presents the application of a Goal Programming (GP) model to develop an Asset Liability Management (ALM) strategy from a balance sheet of a Tunisian commercial bank. The model determines the optimal structure of the balance sheet for the year 2007. To reach the objective, the paper...

This article attempts to identify the best model of the short term interest rates that can predict its stochastic process over time.We studied eight different models of interest rates in the short term. The choice of these models was the aim of analyzing the relevance of certain specifications...

This paper presents the application of a goal programming (GP) model to develop an asset liability management (ALM) strategy from a balance sheet of a Tunisian commercial bank. The model determines the optimal structure of the balance sheet for the year 2007. To reach our objective, we have...

This paper evaluates different hedging strategies for copper futures contracts traded at the London Metal Exchange. We estimate dynamic and constant hedge ratio for futures contracts. Various models (Minimum variance hedge ratio, OLS regression model, VAR) are used to estimate constant hedge...