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We study business uncertainty in high- versus low-volatility environments by surveying over 31,000 managers across 41 … their mean absolute deviations. Analogously, we measure realized volatility using absolute forecast errors. We establish two … new facts. (1) Subjective uncertainty and realized volatility both decline with GDP per capita. (2) Managers underestimate …
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The study proposes an assessment of the link between the performance of national health systems and volatility during … volatility, a representative stock market index was considered for each of the 60 states analysed. Data processing was carried … volatility and the performance of national health systems was weak; ii) during the pandemic, the connection between the two …
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In a context of uncertain returns to investment, a firm may face increasing costs of borrowing and uncertain value of its internal finance. Froot, Scharfstein, and Stein (1993) develop a framework where the firm can hedge against the fluctuations of its cash flow, in order to better coordinate...
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We study business uncertainty in high- versus low-volatility environments by surveying over 31,000 managers across 41 … their mean absolute deviations. Analogously, we measure realized volatility using absolute forecast errors. We establish two … new facts. (1) Subjective uncertainty and realized volatility both decline with GDP per capita. (2) Managers underestimate …
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By trading derivatives on the financial markets, a firm can hedge against the fluctuations of its internal funds, in order to better coordinate investment and financing decisions. This work shows how optimal investment, debt and hedging strategy can be strongly dependent on the mechanism linking...
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The study proposes an assessment of the link between the performance of national health systems and volatility during … volatility, a representative stock market index was considered for each of the 60 states analysed. Data processing was carried … volatility and the performance of national health systems was weak; ii) during the pandemic, the connection between the two …
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management. The risk is often estimated by a substitution of a good estimator of the volatility matrix. However, the accuracy of … estimates of the volatility matrix: sample covariance, approximate factor model with known factors, and unknown factors (POET …
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volatility need not be increased value and postponed investment. This depends on signs of correlations and what parameters are … market is nonpositive and not invariant to changes in volatility. For crude oil during 1993-2008, these changes are … identified as three significant breaks. -- real options ; oil ; volatility ; CAPM ; comparative statics …
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More financially developed countries show lower volatility of industrial output. Volatility is particularly reduced in … industries that are more financially dependent. Most of the reduction is in idiosyncratic volatility. Systematic volatility is …
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