Ana Fostel

University of Virginia

1400 University Ave

Charlottesville, VA 22903

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (17)

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Reviewing the Leverage Cycle

Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 1918
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 27 Sep 2013
Ana Fostel and John Geanakoplos
University of Virginia and Yale University
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Leverage, Leverage cycle, Volatility, Collateral equilibrium, Collateral value, Liquidity wedge, Flight to collateral, Contagion, Adverse selection, Agent based models

Tranching, CDS and Asset Prices: How Financial Innovation Can Cause Bubbles and Crashes

Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 1809R
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 19 Aug 2011
Ana Fostel and John Geanakoplos
University of Virginia and Yale University
Downloads 273 (240,400)
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Financial innovation, Endogenous leverage, Collateral equilibrium, CDS, Tranching and asset prices

Tranching, CDS and Asset Prices: How Financial Innovation Can Cause Bubbles and Crashes

Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 1809
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 16 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 26 Jul 2011
Ana Fostel and John Geanakoplos
University of Virginia and Yale University
Downloads 212 (309,134)
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Financial innovation, Endogenous leverage, Collateral equilibrium, CDS, Tranching and Asset prices

Why Does Bad News Increase Volatility and Decrease Leverage?

Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 1762
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 15 Jul 2010
Ana Fostel and John Geanakoplos
University of Virginia and Yale University
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Endogenous leverage, Post-bad news volatility, Post-good news volatility, Volatility smile

Why Does Bad News Increase Volatility and Decrease Leverage?

Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 1762R
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 31 Jan 2011
Ana Fostel and John Geanakoplos
University of Virginia and Yale University
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Collateral, Endogenous leverage, VaR, Volatility, Volatility Smile

Why Does Bad News Increase Volatility and Decrease Leverage?

Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 1762RR
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 19 Aug 2011
Ana Fostel and John Geanakoplos
University of Virginia and Yale University
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Collateral, Endogenous leverage, VaR, Volatility, Volatility smile

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Citation 3

Leverage and Asset Prices: An Experiment

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 12-05
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 08 Feb 2012
Marco Cipriani, Ana Fostel and Daniel Houser
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, University of Virginia and Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science
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leverage, asset pricing, experimental economics

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Global Collateral and Capital Flows

Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 2076
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 22 Feb 2017 Last Revised: 17 Oct 2023
University of Virginia, Yale University and Williams College
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Collateral, gross capital flows, asset prices, trade balance, securitized markets, asset-backed securities.

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Citation 25

Financial Innovation, Collateral and Investment

Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 1903R
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 10 Mar 2015
Ana Fostel and John Geanakoplos
University of Virginia and Yale University
Downloads 170 (379,633)
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Financial innovation, Collateral, Investment, Repayment enforceability problems, Cash flow problems, Leverage, CDS, Non-existence, Marginal efficiency

Financial Innovation, Collateral and Investment

Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 1903
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 01 Aug 2013
Ana Fostel and John Geanakoplos
University of Virginia and Yale University
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Financial innovation, Collateral capacity, Investment, Leverage, Naked CDS, Collateral equilibrium, Non-existence

Leverage and Default in Binomial Economies: A Complete Characterization

Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 1877RRR
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 10 Mar 2015
Ana Fostel and John Geanakoplos
University of Virginia and Yale University
Downloads 95 (604,223)
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Endogenous leverage, Default, Collateral equilibrium, Financial asset, Binomial economy, LTV, Diluted leverage, Down risk

Leverage and Default in Binomial Economies: A Complete Characterization

Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 1877RR
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 16 Aug 2014
Ana Fostel and John Geanakoplos
University of Virginia and Yale University
Downloads 94 (608,486)
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Endogenous leverage, Default, Collateral equilibrium, Financial asset, Binomial economy, VaR, Diluted leverage, Down risk

Leverage and Default in Binomial Economies: A Complete Characterization

Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 1877R
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 01 Aug 2013
Ana Fostel and John Geanakoplos
University of Virginia and Yale University
Downloads 88 (634,817)
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Endogenous leverage, Default, Collateral equilibrium, Financial asset, Binomial economy, VaR, Diluted leverage, Volatility

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Endogenous Leverage: VaR and Beyond

Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 1800
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 18 May 2011
Ana Fostel and John Geanakoplos
University of Virginia and Yale University
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Endogenous leverage, Collateral equilibrium, VaR, Asset prices

Endogenous Leverage in a Binomial Economy: The Irrelevance of Actual Default

Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 1877
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 20 Sep 2012
Ana Fostel and John Geanakoplos
University of Virginia and Yale University
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Endogenous leverage, Collateral equilibrium, Default, Financial asset, Binomial economy, VaR

Endogenous Leverage in a Binomial Economy: The Irrelevance of Actual Default

Midwest Finance Association 2013 Annual Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 22 Sep 2012
Ana Fostel and John Geanakoplos
University of Virginia and Yale University
Downloads 65 (757,934)
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Endogenous Leverage, Collateral Equilibrium, Default, Financial Asset, Binomial Economy, VaR

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Persistent Gaps, Volatility Types, and Default Traps

IMF Working Paper No. 07/148
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 23 Aug 2007
International Monetary Fund (IMF), University of Virginia and University of London - Birkbeck CollegeUniversity of London - Economics, Mathematics and Statistics
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Production, Sovereign debt, Working Paper, Economic models, Borrowing

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Latin America's Access to International Capital Markets: Good Behavior or Global Liquidity?

NBER Working Paper No. w13194
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 03 Jul 2007 Last Revised: 22 Jul 2022
Ana Fostel and Graciela Kaminsky
University of Virginia and George Washington University - Department of Economics
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Fiscal Discoveries and Sudden Decouplings

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP9368
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 26 Feb 2013
Inter American Development Bank, University of Virginia and University of Southern California
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Default, Eurozone Debt Crisis, Fiscal Gaps, Information Asymmetry, Perfect Bayesian Equilibrium, Pesistence, Sovereign Debt, Volatility

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Endogenous Collateral Constraints and the Leverage Cycle

Annual Review of Economics, Vol. 6, pp. 771-799, 2014
Posted: 08 Aug 2014
Ana Fostel and John Geanakoplos
University of Virginia and Yale University

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Persistent Gaps and Default Traps

Journal of Development Economics, Forthcoming
Posted: 16 Jan 2009
International Monetary Fund (IMF), University of Virginia and University of London - Birkbeck CollegeUniversity of London - Economics, Mathematics and Statistics

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Sovereign Debt, Serial default, Default premium, Emerging market bond spreads, Asymmetric information, Output persistence

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Collateral Restrictions and Liquidity Under-Supply: A Simple Model

Economic Theory, Vol. 35, pp. 441-467, 2008
Posted: 16 Jan 2009
Ana Fostel and John Geanakoplos
University of Virginia and Yale University

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Liquidity under-supply, Credit constraint, Non-monotonicity, Multiplier, Collateral equilibrium

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Leverage Cycle and the Anxious Economy

American Economic Review, Vol. 98, No. 4, pp. 1211-1244, 2008
Posted: 16 Jan 2009
Ana Fostel and John Geanakoplos
University of Virginia and Yale University

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Anxious Economy, Leverage Cycle, Liquidity Wedge, Emerging Assets, Market Closures, Emerging Markets, US High Yield, Collateral Value, Contagion, Flight to Collateral, Issuance Rationing

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Two New Proofs of Afriat's Theorem

Economic Theory, Vol. 24, pp. 211-219, 2004
Posted: 16 Jan 2009
Ana Fostel, Herbert E. Scarf and Michael Todd
University of Virginia, Yale University - Department of Economics, Cowles Foundation and School of Operations Research and Information Engineering

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Afriat's theorem, SARP, GARP