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Pekka Honkanen – University of Georgia, Terry College of Business

Darden, FOB 274

Intermediation, Pricing, and Hedging in OTC Markets: Equity Total Return Swaps  Abstract I present a simple theoretical framework for pricing and hedging equity total return swaps and test the model’s predictions using novel, transaction level data. I find that swap spreads are based on a dealer’s financing cost when the Read more…

Brownbag Seminar: Sangeun Ha (Copenhagen Business School)

Darden, FOB 294

Outsourcing Workplace Safety Abstract I study if firms deliberately sacrifice workplace safety for profits by using contract workers, for whom they are not legally liable. I exploit a regression discontinuity design around the amendment to the Occupational Health and Safety Act in Korea,2017, which expanded the legal accountability of firms Read more…