Working Paper
Internal funds and the investment function
Stevens, Guy V. G. (1993)
An extensive and increasingly persuasive body of empirical evidence has linked a firm's fixed investment expenditure to its supply of internally generated funds. The central concerns of this paper are (1) the theoretical justifiability of such empirically-based investment functions, particularly those where internal funds affect only the speed of adjustment, and (2) the dynamic properties of this latter class of investment functions. A class of models is explored featuring intertemporal profit maximization under conditions of increasing costs of external finance (attributable to bankruptcy or ...
International Finance Discussion Papers , Paper 450

Working Paper
On the inverse of the covariance matrix in portfolio analysis
Stevens, Guy V. G. (1995)
The goal of this study is the derivation and application of a direct characterization of the inverse of the covariance matrix central to portfolio analysis. As argued below, such a specification of the inverse, in terms of a few primitive constructs, helps clarify the determinants of such key concepts as (1) the optimal holding of a given risky asset, (2) the slope of the risk-return efficiency locus faced by the individual investor, and (3) the pricing of risky assets in the Capital Asset Pricing Model. The two building blocks of the inverse turn out to be the non-diversifiable part of each ...
International Finance Discussion Papers , Paper 528

Working Paper
Monetary policy under alternative exchange-rate regimes: simulations with a multi-country model
Stevens, Guy V. G.; Clark, Peter K.; Berner, Richard; Kwack, Sung Y.; Howe, Howard; Hernandez-Cata, Ernesto (1979)
International Finance Discussion Papers , Paper 130

Journal Article
U.S. international transactions in 1989
Stevens, Guy V. G. (1990-05)
Federal Reserve Bulletin , Issue May

Working Paper
On risk, rational expectations, and efficient asset markets
Akbarian, Dara; Stevens, Guy V. G. (1994)
The notion of asset market efficiency -- that market prices "fully reflect" all available information -- requires the operation of mechanisms that rapidly incorporate new information into asset prices. Particularly problematic -- both theoretically and empirically -- has been the case where new information is not widely shared, so-called "strong-form" efficiency. This paper examines the relevance of a mechanism for attaining strong-form efficiency based on knowledgeable investors being willing to take large positions in order to eliminate unexploited profit opportunities. We examine ...
International Finance Discussion Papers , Paper 478

Working Paper
Simultaneous determination of the U.S. balance of payments and exchange rates: an exploratory report
Stevens, Guy V. G.; Clark, Peter K.; Berner, Richard; Kwack, Sung Y.; Howe, Howard (1975)
International Finance Discussion Papers , Paper 59

Working Paper
Modeling bilateral exchange rates in a multi-country model
Tryon, Ralph W.; Stevens, Guy V. G.; Clark, Peter K.; Berner, Richard; Hooper, Peter; Howe, Howard; Hernandez-Cata, Ernesto; Kwack, Sung Y. (1980)
International Finance Discussion Papers , Paper 163

Working Paper
On the balance of payments effects of direct investment and the efficacy of controls: comments on and extensions of an article by Peter H. Lindert
Stevens, Guy V. G.; Lindert, Peter H. (1974)
International Finance Discussion Papers , Paper 43

Working Paper
On the inverse of the covariance matrix in portfolio analysis
Stevens, Guy V. G. (1997)
The goal of this study is the derivation and application of a direct characterization of the inverse of the covariance matrix central to portfolio analysis. As argued below, such a specification, in terms of a few primitive constructs, provides new and illuminating expressions for such key concepts as the optimal holdings of a given risky asset and the slope of the risk-return efficiency locus faced by the individual investor. The building blocks of the inverse turn out to be the regression coefficients and residual variance optained by regressing the asset's excess return on the set of ...
International Finance Discussion Papers , Paper 587

Discussion Paper
On the value of the firm and optimal investment under uncertainty
Stevens, Guy V. G. (1972)
Special Studies Papers , Paper 26