Why Does Bad News Increase Volatility and Decrease Leverage? /

The literature on leverage until now shows how an increase in volatility reduces leverage. However, in order to explain pro-cyclical leverage it assumes that bad news increases volatility. This paper suggests a reason why bad news is more often than not associated with higher future volatility. We s...

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מחבר ראשי: Fostel, Ana
מחברים אחרים: Geanakoplos, John
פורמט: כתב-עת
שפה:English
יצא לאור: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2010.
סדרה:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2010/206
גישה מקוונת:Full text available on IMF