Missaka Warusawitharana

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

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Equity Market Misvaluation, Financing, and Investment

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Equity Market Misvaluation, Financing, and Investment

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 06 Sep 2012 Last Revised: 07 Nov 2014
Missaka Warusawitharana and Toni M. Whited
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
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equity misvaluation, financing, investment

Equity Market Misvaluation, Financing, and Investment

FEDS Working Paper No. 2013-78
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 31 May 2017
Missaka Warusawitharana and Toni M. Whited
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
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Predictable Returns and Asset Allocation: Should a Skeptical Investor Time the Market?

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Predictable Returns and Asset Allocation: Should a Skeptical Investor Time the Market?

AFA 2006 Boston Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 19 Mar 2005
Jessica A. Wachter and Missaka Warusawitharana
University of Pennsylvania - Finance Department and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Predictable Returns and Asset Allocation: Should a Skeptical Investor Time the Market?

NBER Working Paper No. w13165
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 27 Jun 2007 Last Revised: 23 Dec 2021
Jessica A. Wachter and Missaka Warusawitharana
University of Pennsylvania - Finance Department and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Finance and Productivity Growth: Firm-Level Evidence

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Finance and Productivity Growth: Firm-Level Evidence

Journal of Monetary Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 17 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 19 Nov 2019
Oliver Levine and Missaka Warusawitharana
University of Wisconsin - Madison - Department of Finance and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Financial crises, financial frictions, innovation, total factor productivity (TFP)

Finance and Productivity Growth: Firm-Level Evidence

FEDS Working Paper No. 2014-17
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 31 May 2017 Last Revised: 25 Apr 2022
Oliver Levine and Missaka Warusawitharana
University of Wisconsin - Madison - Department of Finance and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Finance-growth nexus, financial crisis, total factor productivity

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The Expected Real Return to Equity

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The Expected Real Return to Equity

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 23 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 14 Apr 2013
Missaka Warusawitharana
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Equity return, produce-based asset pricing, structural estimation

The Expected Real Return to Equity

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Vol. 37, 2013, FEDS Working Paper No. 2011-14
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 17 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 20 Oct 2015
Missaka Warusawitharana
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Production-based asset pricing, Time-varying expected returns, Simulated method of moments

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Profitability and the Lifecycle of Firms

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 13 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 02 Feb 2016
Missaka Warusawitharana
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Firm lifecycles, Profitability, Quality ladder, Financial frictions

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Research and Development, Profits and Firm Value: A Structural Estimation

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 26 Feb 2008 Last Revised: 04 Aug 2015
Missaka Warusawitharana
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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R&D, Structural Estimation, Policy Experiments

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What is the Chance that the Equity Premium Varies over Time? Evidence from Regressions on the Dividend-Price Ratio

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What is the Chance that the Equity Premium Varies over Time? Evidence from Regressions on the Dividend-Price Ratio

AFA 2008 New Orleans Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 20 Mar 2007 Last Revised: 06 Jun 2013
Jessica A. Wachter and Missaka Warusawitharana
University of Pennsylvania - Finance Department and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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What is the Chance that the Equity Premium Varies Over Time? Evidence from Regressions on the Dividend-Price Ratio

NBER Working Paper No. w17334
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 29 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 14 May 2022
Jessica A. Wachter and Missaka Warusawitharana
University of Pennsylvania - Finance Department and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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An Efficiency Perspective on the Gains from Mergers and Asset Purchases

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, Vol. 9 (Contributions)
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 14 Nov 2006 Last Revised: 18 Oct 2009
Sugata Ray and Missaka Warusawitharana
University of Alabama - Department of Economics, Finance and Legal Studies and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Mergers, Asset purchases, Efficiency gains, Acquisitions, event study

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Time-Varying Volatility and the Power Law Distribution of Stock Returns

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Time-Varying Volatility and the Power Law Distribution of Stock Returns

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 06 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 20 Feb 2016
Missaka Warusawitharana
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Tail distributions, high frequency returns, power laws time-varying volatility

Time-Varying Volatility and the Power Law Distribution of Stock Returns

FEDS Working Paper No. 2016-022
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 23 Mar 2016
Missaka Warusawitharana
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Tail distributions, high frequency returns, power laws, time-varying volatility

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Capital Ratios and Bank Lending: A Matched Bank Approach

Journal of Financial Intermediation, Vol. 22, No. 4, 2013
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 29 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 19 Dec 2013
Mark A. Carlson, Hui Shan and Missaka Warusawitharana
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Regulatory capital, bank capital, bank lending

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Corporate Asset Purchases and Sales: Theory and Evidence

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Corporate Asset Purchases and Sales: Theory and Evidence

FEDS Working Paper No. 2007-27
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 15 Nov 2005
Missaka Warusawitharana
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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cquisitions, asset sales, Tobin's Q, selection models

Corporate Asset Purchases and Sales: Theory and Evidence

Journal of Financial Economics, Vol. 87, pp. 471-497, 2008
Posted: 08 Mar 2007 Last Revised: 05 Jun 2008
Missaka Warusawitharana
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

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COVID-19 as a Stress Test: Assessing the Bank Regulatory Framework

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COVID-19 as a Stress Test: Assessing the Bank Regulatory Framework

FEDS Working Paper No. 2021-024
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 18 Nov 2021
Alice Abboud, Elizabeth Duncan, Akos Horvath, Diana A. Iercosan, Bert Loudis, Francis Martinez, Timothy Mooney, Benjamin Ranish, Ke Wang, Missaka Warusawitharana and Carlo Wix
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Covid-19 as a Stress Test: Assessing the Bank Regulatory Framework

FEDS Working Paper No. 2021-24
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 30 Jun 2021 Last Revised: 06 Jul 2021
Alice Abboud, Elizabeth Duncan, Akos Horvath, Diana A. Iercosan, Bert Loudis, Francis Martinez, Timothy Mooney, Benjamin Ranish, Ke Wang, Missaka Warusawitharana and Carlo Wix
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Financial Market Shocks during the Great Depression

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Financial Market Shocks during the Great Depression

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 10 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 09 Oct 2013
Alycia Chin and Missaka Warusawitharana
Securities and Exchange Commission and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Great Depression, Financial markets

Financial Market Shocks During the Great Depression

FEDS Working Paper No. 22
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 12 Mar 2011
Alycia Chin and Missaka Warusawitharana
Securities and Exchange Commission and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Financial Shock, Impulse Response, VAR

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Mapping Heat in the U.S. Financial System

FEDS Working Paper No. 2015-059, http://dx.doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2015.059
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 14 Aug 2015
David Aikman, Michael T. Kiley, Seung Jung Lee, Michael Palumbo and Missaka Warusawitharana
Bank of England - Monetary Assessment and Strategy Division, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Early warning system, Financial crisis, Financial stability and risk, Financial vulnerabilities, Heat maps, Macroprudential policy, Systemic risk

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The Monetization of Innovation

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 19 Aug 2020
Missaka Warusawitharana and Francesca Zucchi
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Federal Reserve Board
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Monetization; Innovation; Internet Firms

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Mapping Heat in the U.S. Financial System: A Summary

FEDS Notes No. 2015-08-05
Posted: 09 Jul 2021
David Aikman, Michael T. Kiley, Seung Jung Lee, Michael Palumbo and Missaka Warusawitharana
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

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Mapping Heat in the U.S. Financial System

FEDS Working Paper No. 2015-59
Posted: 09 Jul 2021
David Aikman, Michael T. Kiley, Seung Jung Lee, Michael Palumbo and Missaka Warusawitharana
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

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Effects of Fixed Nominal Thresholds for Enhanced Supervision

FEDS Notes No. 2018-07-19
Posted: 23 Jul 2018 Last Revised: 25 Jun 2020
David Hou and Missaka Warusawitharana
Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

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Matching Banks by Business Model, Geography and Size: A Dataset

FEDS Notes No. 2017-08-08 https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.2022
Posted: 16 Oct 2017
Mark A. Carlson, Molly Shatto and Missaka Warusawitharana
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Equity Issuance and Retirement by Nonfinancial Corporations

FEDS Notes No. 2017-06-16-1 https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.2008
Posted: 15 Oct 2017
William Kuchinski, Richard Ogden, Damian R. Thomas and Missaka Warusawitharana
Independent, Independent, Independent and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

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Corporate Equities by Issuer in the Financial Accounts of the United States

FEDS Notes No. 2016-03-29 https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.1731
Posted: 17 Mar 2016
Richard Ogden, Damian R. Thomas and Missaka Warusawitharana
Independent, Independent and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

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Mapping Heat in the U.S. Financial System: A Summary

FEDS Notes No. 2015-08-05 https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.1574
Posted: 24 Oct 2015
David Aikman, Michael T. Kiley, Seung Jung Lee, Michael Palumbo and Missaka Warusawitharana
Bank of England - Monetary Assessment and Strategy Division, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

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The Social Discount Rate in Developing Countries

FEDS Notes No. 2014-10-09 https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.0029
Posted: 16 Dec 2014
Missaka Warusawitharana
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

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The Rise in Equity Valuation Ratios

FEDS Notes No. 2014-01-06 https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.0006
Posted: 16 Dec 2014
Missaka Warusawitharana
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

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