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Ordered by a blend of empirical rigor (60%) and math complexity (40%).

CapOptix: An Options-Framework for Capacity Market Pricing

Electricity markets are under increasing pressure to maintain reliability amidst rising renewable penetration, demand variability, and occasional price shocks. Traditional capacity market designs often fall short in addressing this by relying on expected-value metrics of energy unserved, which overl

Holy Grail Math 8.5 Rigor 7 ·  December 14, 2025

Efficient Monte Carlo Valuation of Corporate Bonds in Financial Networks

Valuing corporate bonds in systemic economies is challenging due to intricate webs of inter-institutional exposures. When a bank defaults, cascading losses propagate through the network, with payments determined by a system of fixed-point equations lacking closed-form solutions. Standard Monte Carlo

Holy Grail Math 8.5 Rigor 6.5 ·  February 13, 2026

Portfolio Choice with Competing Precautionary and Accumulation Goals

We study optimal portfolio choice for a household managing two goals at once. A random-deadline precautionary goal, such as a medical emergency, must be paid in full whenever it arrives and is affordable; a fixed-deadline accumulation goal, such as a target retirement lifestyle, may be declined at i

Holy Grail Math 9 Rigor 6 ·  September 28, 2026

Designing Agentic AI-Based Screening for Portfolio Investment

We introduce a new agentic artificial intelligence (AI) platform for portfolio management. Our architecture consists of three layers. First, two large language model (LLM) agents are assigned specialized tasks: one agent screens for firms with desirable fundamentals, while a sentiment analysis agent

Holy Grail Math 6.5 Rigor 7.5 ·  March 24, 2026

The Paradox Of Just-in-Time Liquidity in Decentralized Exchanges: More Providers Can Sometimes Mean Less Liquidity

We study Just-in-time (JIT) liquidity provision in blockchain-based decentralized exchanges. A JIT liquidity provider (LP) monitors pending swap orders in public mempools of blockchains to sandwich orders of their choice with liquidity, depositing right before and withdrawing right after the order.

Lab Rats Math 7.5 Rigor 4 ·  November 30, 2023

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