Rajna Gibson

University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI)

Professor in Finance

40 Boulevard du Pont d'Arve

Geneva 4, 1211

Switzerland

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Modeling the Term Structure of Interest Rates: A Review of the Literature

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Modeling the Term Structure of Interest Rates: A Review of the Literature

Number of pages: 97 Posted: 23 Jul 2001
Francois Lhabitant, Rajna Gibson and Denis Talay
Kedge Capital Fund Management, University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI) and French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control (INRIA)
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Interest rates, term structure models

Modeling the Term Structure of Interest Rates: A Review of the Literature

Foundations and Trends in Finance, Vol. 5, No. 1-2, 2010
Number of pages: 171 Posted: 29 Feb 2012
Rajna Gibson, Francois Lhabitant and Denis Talay
University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI), Kedge Capital Fund Management and French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control (INRIA)
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term structure, interest rates, continuous-time models

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The Sustainability Footprint of Institutional Investors

Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 17-05, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Finance Working Paper No. 571/2018
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 16 Feb 2017 Last Revised: 15 Aug 2018
Rajna Gibson and Philipp Krueger
University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI) and University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI)
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Investment horizon, institutional investors, sustainability footprint, environmental footprint, social footprint, portfolio turnover, investment horizon, risk-adjusted performance, CSR, ESG impact, socially responsible investing, sustainable investing, impact investing

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Style Consistency and Survival Probability in the Hedge Funds Industry

EFA 2001 Barcelona Meetings; EFMA 2001 Lugano Meetings
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 15 Jun 2001
Pierre-Antoine Bares, Rajna Gibson and Sébastien Gyger
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI) and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Hedge Fund Alphas: Do They Reflect Managerial Skills or Mere Compensation for Liquidity Risk Bearing?

Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 08-37
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 21 Nov 2008 Last Revised: 24 Mar 2010
Rajna Gibson and Songtao Wang
University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI) and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Hedge Funds, Liquidity Risk, Managerial Skills, Predictability

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Preferences for Truthfulness: Heterogeneity Among and Within Individuals

American Economic Review, 2013, vol. 103, pp. 532-548, Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 08-48
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 06 Jan 2009 Last Revised: 03 Jun 2013
Rajna Gibson, Carmen Tanner and Alexander F. Wagner
University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI), University of Zurich - Department of Banking and Finance and University of Zurich - Department of Banking and Finance
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Ethics, incentives, protected values, social norms, earnings management, truthfulness, honesty

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Hedge Fund Allocation with Survival Uncertainty and Investment Constraints

EFMA 2002 London Meetings
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 28 Jan 2002
Pierre-Antoine Bares, Rajna Gibson and Sébastien Gyger
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI) and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Hedge Fund, Portfolio Optimization

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Margining and the Stability of the Banking Sector

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Margining and the Stability of the Banking Sector

Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 08-43
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 09 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 03 Jan 2011
Rajna Gibson and Carsten Murawski
University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI) and University of Melbourne - Department of Finance
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Derivative Securities, Default Risk, Collateral, Margining, Systemic Risk

The Price of Protection: Derivatives, Default Risk, and Margining

20th Australasian Finance & Banking Conference 2007 Paper
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 26 Aug 2007 Last Revised: 25 Oct 2008
Rajna Gibson and Carsten Murawski
University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI) and University of Melbourne - Department of Finance
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derivative securities, default risk, collateral, margining, systemic risk

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The Determinants of Banks' Lobbying Activities before and during the 2007-2009 financial crisis

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 15 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 19 May 2018
Rajna Gibson, Alper Odabasioglu and Miret Padovani
University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI), London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Systemic Risk Centre and Vienna University of Economics and Business
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banking, lobbying, networks, political connections, financial crisis, financial regulatory reform, Dodd-Frank bill, Volcker rule

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Stock Market Performance and the Term Structure of Credit Spreads

EFA 2004 Maastricht Meetings Paper No. 1638
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 24 Aug 2004
Andriy Demchuk and Rajna Gibson
International Center FAME and University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI)
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Default Risk Mitigation Mechanisms in Derivatives Markets

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 06 Oct 2008
Rajna Gibson and Carsten Murawski
University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI) and University of Melbourne - Department of Finance
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Derivative securities, default risk, collateral, margining, central counterparty

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Does Market Irrationality in the Media Affect Stock Returns?

Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 15-25
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 12 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 19 Aug 2015
Rajna Gibson, Christopher Hemmens and Mathieu Trepanier
University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI), University of Geneva and University of St. Gallen
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Linguistics, Market Irrationality, Mean-Reversion, Media, Stock Market Returns, Volatility.

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Why Have Exchange-Traded Catastrophe Instruments Failed to Displace Reinsurance?

EFA 2007 Ljubljana Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 26 Feb 2007
Rajna Gibson, Michel A. Habib and Alexandre Ziegler
University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI), University of Zurich and University of Zurich - Department of Banking and Finance
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Catastrophe risk, insurance, reinsurance, financial markets, private and public financing

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A Methodology to Analyze Model Risk with an Application to Discount Bond Options in a Heath-Jarrow-Morton Framework

Risklab Research Report
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 10 Jul 2001
Francois Lhabitant, Mireille Bossy, Rajna Gibson, Denis Talay and Nathalie Pistre
Kedge Capital Fund Management, Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et Automatique (INRIA), University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI), French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control (INRIA) and National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) - National School for Statistical and Economic Administration (ENSAE)
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model risk, interest rate risk, Heath-Jarrow-Morton

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Investing in Managerial Honesty

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Investing in Managerial Honesty

Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 17-03, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Finance Working Paper No. 516/2017
Number of pages: 89 Posted: 07 Feb 2017 Last Revised: 19 Mar 2019
Rajna Gibson, Matthias Sohn, Carmen Tanner and Alexander F. Wagner
University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI), Zeppelin University, University of Zurich - Department of Banking and Finance and University of Zurich - Department of Banking and Finance
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earnings management, honesty, investor preferences, investor segmentation, protected values

Investing in Managerial Honesty

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP13207
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 02 Oct 2018
Rajna Gibson, Matthias Sohn, Carmen Tanner and Alexander F. Wagner
University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI), Zeppelin University, University of Zurich - Department of Banking and Finance and University of Zurich - Department of Banking and Finance
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Earnings management, honesty, investor preferences, investor segmentation, protected values, social value orientation, Trust

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The Role of Signal Precision and Transaction Costs in Stock, Option and Volatility Trading

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The Role of Signal Precision and Transaction Costs in Stock, Option and Volatility Trading

Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 09-11
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 31 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 18 Jan 2010
Ramazan Gencay, Rajna Gibson and Yi Xue
Simon Fraser University, University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI) and Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University
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Informed traders, options, stocks, signal precision, transaction costs, volatility trading

The Role of Signal Precision and Transaction Costs in Stock, Option and Volatility Trading

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 11 Mar 2010
Ramazan Gencay, Rajna Gibson and Yi Xue
Simon Fraser University, University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI) and University of International Business and Economics (UIBE)
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options, signal precision, transaction costs, volatility trading

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Financial Integration, Economic Instability and Trade Structure in Emerging Markets

EFA 2005 Moscow Meetings
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 01 Feb 2005
Anthony Chambet and Rajna Gibson
affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI)
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Emerging markets, economic instability, stock market integration, international trade

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How Effective Are Social Norm Interventions in Corporations? Evidence from a Laboratory Experiment on Earnings Misrepresentation

Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 15-01
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 30 Jan 2015 Last Revised: 29 Mar 2017
Rajna Gibson, Carmen Tanner and Alexander F. Wagner
University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI), University of Zurich - Department of Banking and Finance and University of Zurich - Department of Banking and Finance
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Behavioral finance, corporate governance, earnings misrepresentation, honesty, laboratory experiments, social finance, social norm interventions

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Market Belief Risk and the Cross-Section of Stock Returns

Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 12-37
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 08 Dec 2012
Rajna Gibson and Songtao Wang
University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI) and Shanghai Jiao Tong University
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Analysts' EPS Forecasts, Heterogeneous Beliefs, Market Belief Risk, Cross-Section of Stock Returns

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The Pricing of Interest Rate and Credit Risks in Equity Returns: An Empirical Cross-Country Comparison

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 16 Feb 2002
Rajna Gibson and Anthony Chambet
University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI) and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Do Newly Listed Derivatives Affect the Market Risk Premium in a Thin Stock Market?

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Do Newly Listed Derivatives Affect the Market Risk Premium in a Thin Stock Market?

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 03 Jul 2001
Nicolas Clerc and Rajna Gibson
ETH Zürich and University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI)
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futures, non-redundancy, options, time-varying risk premium, volatility

Do Newly Listed Derivatives Affect the Market Risk Premium in a Thin Stock Market?

European Finance Review, Vol. 4, No. 2, 2000
Posted: 13 Jun 2001
Nicolas Clerc and Rajna Gibson
ETH Zürich and University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI)

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non-redundancy, options, futures, time-varying risk premium, volatility

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Stock Options and Managers' Incentives to Cheat

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 20 Jan 2005
Marc Chesney and Rajna Gibson
University of Zurich - Department of Banking and Finance and University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI)
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Executive compensation, fraud, incentives, stock options

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Long/Short Equity Hedge Funds and Systematic Ambiguity

Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 14-05
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 08 Feb 2014
Rajna Gibson and Nikolay Ryabkov
University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI) and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Ambiguity, Asset Allocation, Long/Short Equity Hedge Funds, Performance Measurement

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How Does Sovereign Bond Market Integration Relate to Fundamentals and CDS Spreads?

Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 16-52
Number of pages: 81 Posted: 04 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 12 Dec 2018
Ines Chaieb, Vihang R. Errunza and Rajna Gibson
University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI), McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management and University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI)
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CDS spreads, credit quality, currency risk, liquidity, macroeconomic risk, political risk, sovereign bond market integration, sovereign funding cost.

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Integration of Sovereign Bonds Markets: Time Variation and Maturity Effects

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Integration of Sovereign Bonds Markets: Time Variation and Maturity Effects

Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 14-47
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 16 Jul 2014
Ines Chaieb, Vihang R. Errunza and Rajna Gibson
University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI), McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management and University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI)
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market integration, term structure of integration, sovereign bond markets, political risk, developed markets, emerging markets, sovereign risk

Integration of Sovereign Bonds Markets: Time Variation and Maturity Effects

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 15 Jul 2014
Ines Chaieb, Vihang R. Errunza and Rajna Gibson
University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI), McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management and University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI)
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market integration, term structure of integration, sovereign bond markets, political risk, developed markets, emerging markets, sovereign risk.

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Stock Market Performance and the Term Structure of Credit Spreads

EFMA 2004 Basel Meetings Paper; NCCR-FINRISK Working Paper
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 06 May 2004
Andriy Demchuk and Rajna Gibson
International Center FAME and University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI)
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credit spreads, stock market index, leverage ratio

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Margining in Derivatives Markets and the Stability of the Banking Sector

Number of pages: 73 Posted: 21 Feb 2011
Rajna Gibson and Carsten Murawski
University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI) and University of Melbourne - Department of Finance
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Derivative Securities, Default Risk, Collateral, Margining, Systemic Risk

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ESG Rating Disagreement and Stock Returns

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 10 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 17 Aug 2019
Rajna Gibson, Philipp Krueger, Nadine Riand and Peter Steffen Schmidt
University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI), University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI), University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute and University of Zurich - Department of Banking and Finance
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Disagreement, non-financial information, ESG ratings dispersion, heterogeneous beliefs, stock returns, legal origins, sustainable finance

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The Style Consistency of Hedge Funds

European Financial Management, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 287-308, March 2007
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 04 Mar 2007
Rajna Gibson and Sébastien Gyger
University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI) and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Understanding Honesty: An Experiment Regarding Heterogeneous Responses to Situational Social Norms

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP9880
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 02 Jun 2014
Rajna Gibson, Carmen Tanner and Alexander F. Wagner
University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI), University of Zurich - Department of Banking and Finance and University of Zurich - Department of Banking and Finance
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Conformity, Honesty, Pro-social concern, Protected values, Self-signaling, Situational social norms

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Default Risk Mitigation in Derivatives Markets and its Effectiveness

EFA 2006 Zurich Meetings Paper
Posted: 09 Jun 2006
Carsten Murawski and Rajna Gibson
University of Melbourne - Department of Finance and University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI)

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Derivative securities, over-the-counter markets, default risk, systemic risk, central counterparty

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Performance in the Hedge Funds Industry: An Analysis of Short and Long-Term Persistence

Journal of Alternative Investments, Vol. 6, No. 3, pp. 25-41, Winter 2003
Posted: 16 Jan 2004
Pierre-Antoine Bares, Rajna Gibson and Sébastien Gyger
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI) and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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Investment analysis, Portfolio management, Hedge funds, performance persistence

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The Investment Policy and the Pricing of Equity in a Levered Firm: A Reexamination of the Contingent Claims' Valuation Approach

Posted: 22 May 2000
Marc Chesney and Rajna Gibson
University of Zurich - Department of Banking and Finance and University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI)

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A Model of Sovereign Borrowing and Sovereign Yield Spreads

EFA 0044; PaineWebber Series at Columbia University
Posted: 19 May 2000
Rajna Gibson and Suresh M. Sundaresan
University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI) and Columbia Business School - Finance and Economics

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On the Predictability of the Stock Market Volatility: Does History Matter?

European Financial Management
Posted: 11 Feb 1998
Kpate Adjaoute, Martin Bruand and Rajna Gibson
University of Lausanne - School of Economics and Business Administration (HEC-Lausanne), University of Lausanne - School of Economics and Business Administration (HEC-Lausanne) and University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI)

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