Value relevance of value-at-risk disclosure

The SEC issued FRR No. 48 in 1997 to enhance public disclosure of firms’ exposures to market risk. We examine whether the quantitative value-at-risk (VAR) estimates disclosed by 81 non-financial firms during the period 1997–2002 are value-relevant using the earnings-returns relation. The empirical results indicate that high VAR is associated with weaker earnings-returns relation. Further analysis shows that VAR is positively and significantly associated with future stock return volatility. Our evidence suggests that investors perceive the earnings of firms with substantial market risk exposure to be less persistent, and adjust the future abnormal earnings for the higher risk exposure. Thus, this results in a lower expected rate of return.

股指期货是股灾的“幕后推手”吗——基于2015年股灾期间沪深300股指期货高频数据实证分析

选取2015年6月15日至8月26日股灾期间沪深300股指期货与沪深300指数5分钟高频数据,通过E-G两步协整检验、格兰杰因果检验、脉冲响应模型等,对股灾期间股指期货市场价格发现功能及波动溢出效应进行实证研究.结果表明:股灾期间沪深300股指期货仍具备价格发现功能,但存在对现货市场的单向波动溢出,具有一定的"助跌"效应.     

Cyclicality of stock market volatility

By utilizing the significance and stochastic dominance tests, this paper formally tests the relationship between stock market volatility and the business cycle. Results show that, for most matured markets, stock market volatility is countercyclical, while for emerging markets, the volatility can be procyclical.     

The influence of cultural distance on the volatility of the international stock market

Along with the development of cultural dimensions and cultural distance, the influence of cultural variables on the stock market is attracting more and more attention. In this study, we propose an improved gravity model to examine the relationship between culture and the volatility of the international stock market. Firstly, based on Hofstede's cultural dimensions theory, a model of the impact of cultural dimensions on the volatility of the national stock market is presented. Secondly, cultural distance is incorporated into the extended gravity model. Then, models of the impact of cultural distance on fluctuations in the international stock market and on foreign securities investment are proposed. Finally, the results of case studies using samples of national stock market indices indicate that different cultural dimensions have different influences on the volatility of national stock markets. The smaller the cultural distance between countries, the more similar the level of volatility in those countries' stock markets. Greater cultural similarity promotes increased securities investment between countries.     

中国分行业资本存量估算：1990~2014年

通过借鉴中国资本存量已有研究文献的成果,以细分行业差别化的折旧率估算为基础,通过分析投资结构和折旧率的关系,估算出第二、第三产业和总量的时变折旧率,系统地估算出1990~2014年总量、三次产业和细分行业的资本存量。估算结果及分析表明:由于投资结构的变化,总量、第三产业折旧率呈下降趋势,第二产业折旧率呈先上升再下降趋势;目前在我国,“过度投资”和“投资不足”并存,且“过度投资”的是资本效率比较低的行业,“投资不足”的是资本效率比较高的行业。解决“投资不足”问题的关键是打破行业垄断,尤其是行政垄断,引入市场竞争机制。     

Returns to schooling for urban and migrant workers in China: a detailed investigation

We use a new data set, the 2009 Rural Urban Migration in China (RUMiC) to estimate returns to schooling in China using instrumental variable (IV) estimation. After identifying a set of instruments, we conduct comprehensive validity and relevance testing of different combinations of instruments as well as robustness analysis of our estimates for rural-to-urban migrants and urban residents in China. We find that our point estimates are in the 6–9% range for urban workers compared to 7–8% for migrant workers. Returns for men (at 8–9%) are slightly higher than for women (at 6–7%). Thus, private returns to education in urban China in 2009 were not as high as other transition and developing countries, but substantial and have increased over time. Comparing OLS and IV estimates, we also find that the attenuation bias due to measurement error is generally large and more important in the migrant sample compared to the urban sample.     

跨境资本流动结构变化对中国股票市场的冲击风险研究

随着上海自贸区的快速发展,跨境流动资本呈现新的结构特征。人民币流动规模占比增加,短期资本开始主导跨境资金流的趋势,国内资本市场成为跨境资本流动套利的活跃平台。受此影响,国内股票市场不同板块呈现差异化的波动特征。通过选取代表币种、期限和投向的跨境资本流动结构指标以及上证综合指数、创业板综合指数,基于结构向量自回归模型(SVAR)进行实证研究,发现当前跨境资本流动中,币种结构的变动比期限结构和投向结构对我国股票市场的影响显著。     

Unveiling investor-induced channels of financial contagion in the 2008 financial crisis using copulas

Understanding how financial crises spread is important for policy-makers and regulators in order to take adequate measures to prevent or contain the spread of these crises. This paper will test whether there was contagion of the subprime financial crisis to the European stock markets of the NYSE Euronext group (Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Portugal) and, if evidence of contagion is found, it will determine the investor-induced channels through which the crisis propagated. We will use copula models for this purpose. After assessing whether there is evidence of financial contagion in the stock markets, we will examine whether the ‘wealth constraints’ transmission mechanism prevails over the ‘portfolio rebalancing’ channel. An additional test looks at the interaction between stock and bond markets during the crisis and allows us to determine if the transmission occurred due to the ‘cross market rebalancing’ channel or the ‘flying to quality’ phenomenon. The tests suggest that (i) financial contagion is present in all analyzed stock markets, (ii) a ‘portfolio rebalancing’ channel is the most important crisis transmission mechanism, (iii) and the ‘flight-to-quality’ phenomenon is also present in all analyzed stock markets.     

资本市场开放对企业债务违约风险的影响研究——基于“陆港通”样本的双重差分分析

随着我国资本市场的逐步开放,与债务违约相关的问题也受到了社会各界人士的关注,而资本市场开放对企业经营风险存在双刃效应。本文运用2011~2020年A股上市公司样本,将“陆港通”政策的出台作为外生冲击,进行多期DID分析检验,得出资本市场开放能够显著降低企业债务违约风险;进一步研究发现,上述效应主要通过缓解融资约束与提升信息披露质量两个途径实现。本文从资本市场开放的实体效应视角,为企业违约风险的解决提供了一定的经验证据和政策建议。     

宏观经济变量对股票价格的影响研究

股票价格不仅仅受其内在价值的影响,还和宏观经济因素有密切的关系.运用向量自回归方法,就宏观经济对股票价格的影响进行实证分析.研究结果表明,股票价格指数的短期波动受通货膨胀率、利率、储蓄的短期变化的影响;但是中国股票市场的走势与实体经济发展也存在背离,工业增加值与货币供给量的变化对股票价格指数的影响较小.