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Peter Fortune

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First Name:Peter
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Last Name:Fortune
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RePEc Short-ID:pfo342
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Affiliation

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Boston, Massachusetts (United States)
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RePEc:edi:frbbous (more details at EDIRC)

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Working papers

  1. Peter Fortune, 2005. "Pension accounting and corporate earnings: the world according to GAAP," Public Policy Discussion Paper 06-2, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
  2. Peter Fortune, 1998. "Weekends can be rough: revisiting the weekend effect in stock prices," Working Papers 98-6, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
  3. Peter Fortune, 1996. "Tax-exempt bonds really do subsidize municipal capital!," Working Papers 96-9, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
  4. Peter Fortune, 1995. "Debt capacity, tax exemption, and the municipal cost of capital: a reassessment of the new view," Working Papers 95-8, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.

Articles

  1. Peter Fortune, 2004. "Rules of the game: book review," Regional Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, issue Q 2 / Q 3, pages 6-11.
  2. Peter Fortune, 2003. "Margin requirements across equity-related instruments: how level is the playing field?," New England Economic Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, pages 31-50.
  3. Peter Fortune, 2002. "Security loans at banks and nonbanks: Regulation U," New England Economic Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, issue Q 4, pages 19-40.
  4. Peter Fortune, 2001. "Is margin lending marginal?," Regional Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, vol. 11(Q 3), pages 3-6.
  5. Peter Fortune, 2001. "Margin lending and stock market volatility," New England Economic Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, pages 3-25.
  6. Peter Fortune, 2000. "Financial planning engines: motoring toward a better future," Regional Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, vol. 10(Q3), pages 25-31.
  7. Peter Fortune, 2000. "Margin requirements, margin loans, and margin rates: practice and principles," New England Economic Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, issue Sep, pages 19-44.
  8. Peter Fortune, 1999. "Are stock returns different over weekends? a jump diffusion analysis of the \"weekend effect\"," New England Economic Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, issue Sep, pages 3-19.
  9. Fortune, Peter, 1998. "Tax-Exempt Bonds Really Do Subsidize Municipal Capital!," National Tax Journal, National Tax Association;National Tax Journal, vol. 51(1), pages 43-54, March.
  10. Peter Fortune, 1998. "Mutual funds, part II: fund flows and security returns," New England Economic Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, issue Jan, pages 3-22.
  11. Peter Fortune, 1998. "Mutual fund myths," Regional Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, vol. 8(Q 2), pages 5-7.
  12. Peter Fortune, 1998. "Primer on U.S. stock price indices," New England Economic Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, issue Nov, pages 25-40.
  13. Peter Fortune, 1997. "Mutual funds, part I: reshaping the American financial system," New England Economic Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, issue Jul, pages 45-72.
  14. Peter Fortune, 1996. "Anomalies in option pricing: the Black-Scholes model revisited," New England Economic Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, issue Mar, pages 17-40.
  15. Peter Fortune, 1996. "Do municipal bond yields forecast tax policy?," New England Economic Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, issue Sep, pages 29-48.
  16. Peter Fortune, 1995. "Stocks, bonds, options, futures, and portfolio insurance: a rose by any other name," New England Economic Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, issue Jul, pages 25-46.
  17. Peter Fortune, 1995. "Living with the d-word," Regional Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, issue Spr, pages 1-25.
  18. Peter Fortune, 1995. "Municipal bonds and the distribution of income," Regional Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, issue Win, pages 1-25.
  19. Peter Fortune, 1993. "Stock market crashes: what have we learned from October 1987?," New England Economic Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, issue Mar, pages 3-24.
  20. Peter Fortune, 1992. "The municipal bond market, part II: problems and policies," New England Economic Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, issue May, pages 47-64.
  21. Peter Fortune, 1991. "Stock market efficiency: an autopsy?," New England Economic Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, issue Mar, pages 17-40.
  22. Peter Fortune, 1991. "The municipal bond market, Part I: politics, taxes, and yields," New England Economic Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, issue Sep, pages 13-36.
  23. Peter Fortune, 1989. "An assessment of financial market volatility: bills, bonds, and stocks," New England Economic Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, issue Nov, pages 13-28.
  24. Fortune, Peter, 1988. "Municipal Bond Yields: Whose Tax Rates Matter?," National Tax Journal, National Tax Association;National Tax Journal, vol. 41(2), pages 219-233, June.
  25. Fortune, Peter & Ortmeyer, David L., 1985. "The roles of relative prices, interest rates, and bequests in the consumption function," Journal of Macroeconomics, Elsevier, vol. 7(3), pages 381-400.
  26. Ortmeyer, David L. & Fortune, Peter, 1985. "An application of the life-cycle linear expenditure system to the South Korean household sector, 1962-1976," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 18(2-3), pages 361-379, August.
  27. Peter Fortune, 1984. "Tax Exemption and Resource Allocation: Implications for Prices, Production, and Factor Choice," Public Finance Review, , vol. 12(3), pages 347-364, July.
  28. Fortune, Peter, 1976. "The Effect of FHLB Bond Operations on Savings Inflows at Savings and Loan Associations: Comment," Journal of Finance, American Finance Association, vol. 31(3), pages 963-972, June.
  29. Fortune, Peter, 1975. "The Effectiveness of Recent Policies to Maintain Thrift-Deposit Flows," Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 7(3), pages 297-315, August.
  30. Fortune, Peter, 1975. "Optimal Life Insurance: Reply," Journal of Finance, American Finance Association, vol. 30(3), pages 909-910, June.
  31. Fortune, Peter, 1973. "A Theory of Optimal Life Insurance: Development and Tests," Journal of Finance, American Finance Association, vol. 28(3), pages 587-600, June.

Chapters

  1. John Lintner & Thomas R. Piper & Peter Fortune, 1977. "Forward Commitment Decisions of Life Insurance Companies for Investments in Bonds and Mortgages," NBER Chapters, in: Explorations in Economic Research, Volume 4, number 5, pages 595-644, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

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  1. NEP-ACC: Accounting and Auditing (1) 2006-04-01
  2. NEP-CFN: Corporate Finance (1) 1998-11-20

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