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

Sovereign Debt Default and Climate Risk

We explore the interplay between sovereign debt default/renegotiation and environmental factors (e.g., pollution from land use, natural resource exploitation). Pollution contributes to the likelihood of natural disasters and influences economic growth rates. The country can default on its debt at an

Holy Grail Math 7.5 Rigor 5 ·  January 20, 2025

Pricing and Hedging Financial Derivatives in Merger\&Acquisition Deals with Price Impact

We investigate the optimal execution of contracts that are used in merger&acquisition deals. We consider cash-settled and physically delivered contracts between a broker and a counterpart. Contracts are linear (total returns swaps), nonlinear (collar contracts) or Asian type (TWAP based contracts).

Lab Rats Math 7.5 Rigor 3 ·  April 1, 2026

Shortermism and excessive risk taking in optimal execution with a target performance

We deal with the optimal execution problem when the broker’s goal is to reach a performance barrier avoiding a downside barrier. The performance is provided by the wealth accumulated by trading in the market, the shares detained by the broker evaluated at the market price plus a slippage cost yieldi

Lab Rats Math 9 Rigor 2 ·  May 21, 2025

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