User profiles for Jamie Alcock

Jamie Alcock

The University of Birmingham
Verified email at bham.ac.uk
Cited by 1061

Canonical vine copulas in the context of modern portfolio management: Are they worth it?

RKY Low, J Alcock, R Faff… - … Dependence in Finance …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In the context of managing downside correlations, we examine the use of multi‐dimensional
elliptical and asymmetric copula models to forecast returns for portfolios with 3–12 …

The role of financial leverage in the performance of private equity real estate funds

J Alcock, A Baum, N Colley, E Steiner - The Journal of Private Equity, 2013 - JSTOR
The authors study a unique data set in order to examine the performance of a sample of 169
global private equity real estate investment funds across the core, value-add and …

The determinants of debt maturity in Australian firms

J Alcock, F Finn, KJK Tan - Accounting & Finance, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
We examine the determinants of debt maturity in the Australian capital market with the Top
400 firms listed on the Australian Securities Exchange for the period 1989–2006. We find that …

Quantifying the advantage of secondary mathematics study for accounting and finance undergraduates

J Alcock, S Cockcroft, F Finn - Accounting & Finance, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
We examine the role that secondary mathematics plays in the performance of students in
introductory business courses. Students who pass more advanced secondary mathematics …

A note on the balanced method

J Alcock, K Burrage - BIT Numerical Mathematics, 2006 - Springer
Recently the Balanced method was introduced as a class of quasi-implicit methods for solving
stiff stochastic differential equations. We examine asymptotic and mean-square stability …

Manipulation in US REIT investment performance evaluation: Empirical evidence

J Alcock, J Glascock, E Steiner - The Journal of Real Estate Finance and …, 2013 - Springer
We investigate whether Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) managers actively manipulate
performance measures in spite of the strict regulation under the REIT regime. We provide …

Portfolio construction incorporating asymmetric dependence structures: a user's guide

A Hatherley, J Alcock - Accounting & Finance, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
We outline a method of portfolio selection incorporating asymmetric dependency structures
using copula functions. Assuming normally distributed marginal returns, we illustrate how …

Joint leverage and maturity choices in real estate firms: The role of the REIT status

J Alcock, E Steiner, KJK Tan - The Journal of Real Estate Finance and …, 2014 - Springer
We explore the interdependence of leverage and debt maturity choices in Real Estate
Investment Trusts (REITs) and unregulated listed real estate investment companies in the US for …

Fundamental drivers of dependence in REIT returns

J Alcock, E Steiner - The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 2018 - Springer
We analyse the empirical relationships between firm fundamentals and the dependence
structure between individual REIT and stock market returns. In contrast to previous studies, we …

Unexpected Inflation, capital structure, and real risk‐adjusted firm performance

J Alcock, E Steiner - Abacus, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Managers can improve real risk‐adjusted firm performance by matching nominal assets
with nominal liabilities, thereby reducing the sensitivity of real risk‐adjusted returns to …