Author | : Gevorg Hunanyan |
File Size | : 51,5 Mb |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Language | : English |
Release Date | : 05 October 2019 |
ISBN | : 9783658279561 |
Pages | : 117 pages |
The Consequences of Short Sale Constraints on the Stability of Financial Markets by Gevorg Hunanyan Book PDF Summary
Gevorg Hunanyan develops a model that provides a comprehensive theoretical framework to study the consequences of short-sale constraints on the stability of financial markets. This model shows that overpricing of securities is solely attributable to the subjective second moment beliefs of investors. Thus, short-sale constraints prevent a market decline only if investors have low dispersion of beliefs, which in the model is embodied in the covariance matrix. Moreover, the author analyses the consequences of short-sale constraints on the investor’s portfolio selection, risk-taking behaviour as well as default probability. The author develops criteria that allow to analyse the effectiveness of short-sale constraints in reducing portfolio risk as well as default risk.