The Gibbs Posterior and Parametric Portfolio Choice

This paper introduces a generalized Bayesian framework using the Gibbs posterior to derive utility-consistent parametric portfolio policies without modeling the return generating process, and proposes a KNEEDLE algorithm to optimally select the data-weighting parameter in-sample, revealing that characteristic-based gains in U.S. equities (1955–2024) are concentrated pre-2000 and that the optimal weighting depends on risk aversion and higher-order moments.

Christopher G. Lamoureux2026-03-10💰 q-fin

Model Restrictiveness in Functional and Structural Settings

This paper extends the restrictiveness measure to functional and structural econometric settings using Gaussian process priors, demonstrating that models appear more restrictive over continuum domains than finite observations, establishing restrictiveness as the limit of noise-free learning curves, and revealing how endogeneity and discrepancy function choices fundamentally alter model rankings.

Drew Fudenberg, Wayne Yuan Gao, Zhiheng You2026-03-10💰 q-fin

The "Gold Rush" in AI and Robotics Patenting Activity. Do innovation systems have a role?

This paper analyzes AI and robotics patenting trends from 1980 to 2019, revealing that while AI-enhanced robotics experienced a sharp post-2010 acceleration, the long-run integration of these technologies and the role of innovation systems vary significantly across countries, with China showing strong public-sector-driven integration and the US exhibiting a more market-oriented, less integrated structure.

Giovanni Guidetti, Riccardo Leoncini, Mariele Macaluso2026-03-06💰 q-fin

A stochastic correlation extension of the Vasicek credit risk model

This paper proposes a tractable stochastic correlation extension of the Vasicek credit risk model using circular diffusion processes to capture time-varying dependence, thereby deriving closed-form expressions for joint default probabilities and demonstrating how correlation risk significantly impacts tail-event assessments through empirical analysis of U.S. bank charge-off rates.

Dhruv Bansal, Mayank Goud, Sourav Majumdar2026-03-06💰 q-fin