Forecasting Financial Crises in Emerging Market Economies

This article identifies six fundamental indicators that might predict a financial crisis similar to the one that affected the emerging markets of Southeast Asia. Our empirical analysis shows that the 1997 Asian crisis could have been predicted. Probit estimation reveals that a small number of common indicators can forecast a financial crisis well. The estimation gives estimates that are robust to either cross-section or panel data. We suggest an aggregate indicator that combines all the individual indicators and calculates the optimal thresholds for the indicators. This aggregate indicator has similar predictive properties and reduces the calculations to determine the probability of crisis.     

Examining monetary policy reaction in the People’s Republic of China – a Markov switching policy index approach

This paper estimates a monetary policy rule for the People’s Republic of China (PRC) using a standard OLS estimation and a Markov switching model. As the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) generally uses a battery of instruments in the conduct of its monetary policy, these models are estimated using a constructed monetary policy index (MPI) in place of the traditional interest rate. This allows for a better understanding of the role the PBOC has played in the PRC’s unprecedented economic growth and its relatively low inflation over the last twenty years. This paper will not only examine the unique characteristics of Chinese monetary policy but may also give a more general insight into the dynamics of monetary policy reactions in other emerging markets and economies in transition.     

Robustness of Forecasting Financial Crises in Emerging Market Economies with Data Revisions—A Note

Data revisions routinely introduced by the World Bank can lead to significant revisions in empirical results. We show this by re-estimating our aggregate indicator for predicting the 1997 Asian crisis utilizing the 1999 and 2004 updates of the 1996 World Bank data and comparing these results to those we obtained (this Journal, 2000) for predicting the same event using the original, unrevised, 1996 World Bank data. Since most data-gathering organizations routinely revise their data, this may represent a much greater problem for policy makers than might be recognized.     

战略性新兴产业培育、升级与金融支持

十二五期间,战略性新兴产业的培育、发展与升级已成为我国经济社会发展的重要战略目标,而金融体系在战略性新兴产业的培育、发展与升级过程中具有核心的支持作用。战略性新兴产业的升级过程,需要有完善的金融支持体系来配套,并进行金融支持战略性新兴产业升级的政策设计。     

央行利率政策的门限转换特征及国际证据

本文利用亚太地区15个国家1992~2007年的面板数据研究了央行利率政策的门限转换特征。结论认为,通货膨胀对经济增长的影响存在显著的门限特征,各国央行的利率政策也存在显著的门限转换特征。在低通胀阶段,利率没有对经济增长与通货膨胀做出显著响应;但在高通胀阶段,央行首先致力于维护金融稳定,然后促进经济增长。文章对发达国家与发展中国家进行了比较,发现二者的利率政策表现出相似的特征,但发展中国家的利率政策倾向于更高的门限值;文章最后对中国利率政策的实施提出了相关政策建议。     

Short selling and stock prices with regime switching in the absence of market makers: The case of Japan

This paper investigates the relation between short selling and stock price at an aggregated market level. In order to study the differential impact of market microstructure on short selling, the data from Japanese stock markets are used. Both traditional regression and Markov switching models are used to compare Japanese results to those of U.S. and to admit non-stationary relation between short selling and stock price, respectively. Particularly, relatively long period (1978–2002) of analysis including bullish and bearish periods gives a good testable bed for studying the effect of short selling on stock price according to market condition. The empirical findings reveal that percentage change of short interests has a statistically significant positive relation with stock returns. It gives regulators policy implication that short selling is not a destabilizing activity, but an acceptable form of trading even in the absence of market makers. And short selling information cannot be used as an indicator for predicting future stock markets.     

农村金融发展与农民收入的关系:山东例证

利用山东省1978～2006年的时间序列数据,对农村金融发展与农民收入的关系进行了实证研究。结果表明,山东省农村金融发展与农民收入之间存在着稳定的协整关系,农村金融信贷促进了农民收入的增长,而农村储蓄对于农民收入的增加具有负效应。应采取增加农业贷款的支农力度,强化财政支农的力度,以及避免农村资金倒流等措施,促进农民收入的增加。     

地方金融稳定指数构建与区域经济增长关系--来自江苏省1999-2012年数据

伴随20世纪90年代以来金融、经济危机的频发,金融稳定及其与经济增长间关系的研究日益增多。文章通过搜集1999-2012年度数据,建立包含经济、金融、信用法律以及社会制度和政府干预等方面,涵盖银行、证券和保险业的江苏省金融稳定评估体系,用改进熵值法测量该省金融稳定值后,又借助分位数回归方法分析其与当地经济增长的关系。结果表明：江苏金融稳定程度逐年增加,其中经济因子影响达到60%、而社会制度和政府干预因子的贡献只有9%;同时发现金融稳定对经济增长有正向影响,但经济越发达,其促进作用越微弱。     

我国金融压抑与通货膨胀关系研究——基于MSVAR模型的分析

文章运用MSVAR模型对我国金融压抑程度与通货膨胀的关系进行了研究,发现我国通货膨胀率存在明显的高通胀区域和低通胀区域特征。在高通胀区域,价格高位持续时间较短,波动幅度大,金融压抑对通货膨胀具有显著的负向效应;而在低通胀区域,价格低位持续时间较长,波动幅度小,金融压抑对通胀水平的效应是正向的。两者的非线性特征对货币政策实施和金融自由化策略有着重要的政策含义。     

From Antwerp and Amsterdam to London: The Decline of Financial Centres in Europe

This article traces the way that although financial centres could only grow up on a foundation of industry and commerce, they could survive for some time after industry and trade had moved elsewhere. It first discusses the survival of Venice as the financial centre for southern Europe, then the decline of Bruges in favour of Antwerp as the financial centre for northern Europe. Then it moves to the replacement of Antwerp by Amsterdam as the financial centre, by then of the whole of Europe, and of Amsterdam in its turn by London. It ends by asking how long London can remain the financial centre?     

Review Essay: The Bank for International Settlements: An Assessment of its Role in International Monetary and Financial Policy Coordination

This article reviews the role of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and its adaptability to the changing international financial structure, from the gold standard to floating exchange rates. Today, the BIS has assumed the role of creator of international standards for banks and financial conglomerates through the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision. Its implied mission is to prevent international financial crises and to mitigate negative externalities when they occur. The overall assessment of the BIS is positive. Its small membership gives it a sense of purpose and minimizes free riding. Given the high degree of financial integration in the world and consequent large spillovers, the BIS would have to be created if it did not already exist.