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Why Tranche

…of absolute risk aversion. In this case agent’s demand for each risky asset will be inversely proportional to their coefficent of risk aversion. All agents will divide their wealth between…

Capital Gain Taxes & Investment: Risk and Return

…of the impact on expected returns versus risk. Let’s note a couple of papers that discuss the risk increasing aspects of a reduction in the capital gains tax rate. William…

A futile quest

…real patients, substantially augments the noise-to-signal ratio of such measures. The risk-adjustment problem The third major contributor of noise to “performance” measures is crude risk adjustment. Risk adjustment is done…

What about me!

…citizen? No, tax cuts do not count. They do not reduce risk. We have reduced risk for business all over the place. NAFTA, CAFTA, exemption of HMO’s from anti-trust, removal…