Interconnectedness and systemic risk in the US CDS market

This study assesses systemic risk in the US credit default swap (CDS) market. First, this study estimates the bilateral exposures matrix using aggregate fair value data and theoretically analyze interconnectedness in the US CDS network using various network measures. Second, this study theoretically analyzes the contagious defaults. The default analysis shows the theoretical occurrence of many stand-alone defaults and one contagious default via the CDS network during the global financial crisis. A stress test based on a hypothetical severe stress scenario predicts almost no future contagious defaults. Thus, risk contagion via the CDS network is unlikely.     

Economic policy uncertainty,CDS spreads,and CDS liquidity provision

Using a news-based index of economic policy uncertainty (EPU), we find that EPU is positively associated with credit default swap (CDS) spreads and negatively associated with the number of liquidity providers in the CDS market. A 10% increase in EPU leads to an 8.4% increase in CDS spreads and a 4.0% decrease in the number of liquidity providers. Furthermore, the effects of EPU are persistent and robust after controlling for macroeconomic variables. Our results are also robust to different econometric methodologies. Overall, our findings suggest that, when EPU is high, investors find credit protection more costly and difficult to purchase.     

Rating-based CDS curves

ABSTRACT

This paper explores the extent to which term structure of individual credit default swap (CDS) spreads can be explained by the firm's rating. Using the Nelson–Siegel model, we construct, for each day, CDS curves from a cross-section of CDS spreads for each rating class. We find that individual CDS deviations from the curve tend to diminish over time and CDS spreads converge towards the fitted curves. The likelihood of convergence increases with the absolute size of the deviation. The convergence is especially stable if CDS spreads are lower relative to the rating-based curve. Trading strategies exploiting the convergence generate an average return of 3.7% (5-day holding period) and 9% (20-day holding period).     

Re-examining risk premiums in the Fama–French model: The role of investor sentiment

This paper reconstructs the Fama–French three-factor (F–F) model as a panel smooth transition regression (PSTR) framework to investigate the differentiated effects of investor sentiment proxies-the volatility index (VIX), credit default swap (CDS), and TED spread-on the three risk premiums. Sample period spans from 2003: 1Q to 2013: 4Q. Sample objects are 58 semiconductor companies listed on Taiwan Security Exchange Corporation. The empirical results report that stock returns display a nonlinear path, and the three risk premiums are time-varying, depending on different proxies of investor sentiment in different regimes. Market premiums fall as investors in stock markets show extreme optimism or extreme pessimism. Except in rare situations, the size premium is significant and decreases with the increase in the VIX. Returns in holding growth stocks dominate holding value stocks when the investors show extreme pessimism or optimism. However, in normal sentiment of investment, value stocks earn more returns than growth stocks.     

直流变频压缩机振动分析

本文介绍了压缩机的振动原理,阐述了变频压缩机与定频压缩机的振动区别,并结合直流变频压缩机匹配中出现的振动故障进行分析,提出了减缓振动的几种措施,并根据主要原因进行了振动测试,找到了有效降低低频振动的设计改善。     

A note on robust testing by indexing the parameter space

1. Introduction

A preliminary test is sometimes performed to obtain a simple model with few parameters. This should ostensibly result in a better performance in the subsequent treatment of the observations. For obvious reasons such a procedure is questionable. It is felt that one should keep to the original a priori model with the original parameter vector θ. In this note a third method is proposed. Adhere to original parameters θ, but concentrate attention on an index φ(θ) which sums up some essential features of the model. (This principle has been advocated by Goldstein (1981).)     

基于二阶矩视角的通胀指数间双向传导实证分析

近期的通胀看不到任何缓解迹象,各通胀指数间的关系备受关注,现有PPI和CPI间价格传导关系文献均局限于均值意义上的格兰杰因果性讨论,研究结论的解释力有限,因此借鉴Hafner等提出二阶矩意义的格兰杰因果检验方法,构建Wald形式的统计量,重新对CPI和PPI不确定性传导关系进行检验非常必要。检验结果显示,PPI和CPI是相互传导的,并且CPI到PPI方向的不确定性传导是主体路径,这预示着基于需求考虑的政府治理政策或许才是当前经济持续通胀的根本解决之道。     

浅析力学中动量守恒与角动量守恒

在力学中动量守恒和角动量守恒是学生容易出错的问题。本文分析了子弹击入木棒问题与子弹击入沙袋问题的区别,指出什么情况下系统的角动量守恒,什么情况下系统的动量守恒,从而说明了理论上的实际应用。     

Bounding endogenous regressor coefficients using moment inequalities and generalized instruments

The main approach to deal with regressor endogeneity is instrumental variable estimator (IVE), where an instrumental variable (IV) m is required to be uncorrelated to the regression model error term u (COR(m,u)=0) and correlated to the endogenous regressor. If COR(m,u)≠0 is likely, then m gets discarded. But even when COR(m,u)≠0, often one has a good idea on the sign of COR(m,u). This article shows how to make use of the sign information on COR(m,u) to obtain an one‐sided bound on the endogenous regressor coefficient, calling m a ‘generalized instrument’ or ‘generalized instrumental variable (GIV)’. If there are two GIV's m₁ and m₂, then a two‐sided bound or an improved one‐sided bound can be obtained. Our approach is simple, needing only IVE; no non‐parametrics, nor any ‘tuning constants’. Specifically, the usual IVE is carried out, and the only necessary modification is that the estimate for the endogenous regressor coefficient is interpreted as a lower/upper bound depending on the prior notion on the sign of COR(m,u) and some estimable moment. A real data application is done to Korean household data with two or more children to illustrate our approach for the issue of child quantity–quality trade‐off.