Dynamic linkages among real interest rates in international capital markets

Short-run and long-run dynamic linkages among weekly real interest rates for G-10 countries are examined using a variety of time-series tests. These tests give special attention to the time-series properties of nominal interest rates, ex-ante expected rates of inflation and real interest rates. Term structure information is used to recover a theoretically consistent measure of ex-ante expected inflation. In-sample and out-of-sample Granger causality tests are also examined to evaluate lead/lag relationships among real interest rates. The results provide strong support for well-integrated markets, particularly in the long run. The results imply leadership roles for the US in international asset markets.     

Regional Housing Prices in the USA: An Empirical Investigation of Nonlinearity

Existing literature on housing prices is predominantly in a linear framework, and an important question that has not been addressed is whether housing prices exhibit nonlinearity. We examine Smooth Transition Autoregressive (STAR) model based nonlinear properties of housing prices over the 1969–2004 period for the entire US and the four regions. Our main findings are (1) housing price for the entire US and all regions except for the Midwest show non-linearity, (2) the dynamic properties implied by the nonlinear estimation explain the typical patterns that have characterized each housing market, and (3) results of Granger causality tests look more plausible in the nonlinear framework where we find stronger evidence of Granger causality from housing price to employment and also from mortgage rates to housing price.

Determinants of Exchange Market Pressure in Turkey: An Econometric Investigation

This paper investigates the hypothesis that there is a causal relation between speculative pressure and real exchange rate overvaluation, banking-sector fragility, and the level of international reserves in Turkey. An autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) bounds-testing procedure and Granger causality within vector error-correction models (VECM) are applied to the period after the liberalization of capital flows (August 1989-August 2006). The results of the ARDL bounds test support the theory that exchange market pressure is in a long-run equilibrium relation with the three hypothesized variables over the sample period. On the other hand, the results of the short-run and long-run Granger causality tests indicate the existence of Granger causality running from the three variables to exchange market pressure. The findings further suggest that a feedback relation exists between banking-sector fragility and exchange market pressure.     

Real estate returns,money and fiscal deficits: Is the real estate market efficient?

This research examines the causal relationship between several financial variables and a portfolio of real estate returns using monthly data from January 1965 to December 1986. The empirical analysis is based on multivariate Granger-causality tests in conjunction with Akaike's final prediction error criterion. The results indicate that measures approximating monetary policy and market returns play an important role in causing changes in real estate returns. In particular, our findings suggest that base money and market returns have had significant lagged effects on current real estate returns.     

基于GARCH模型的黄金指数与美元指数波动性研究

近几年的黄金市场与美元指数市场波动都比较大,但波动的方向不一致。通过对两者的波动进行研究,主要有单位根检验、ARCH效应的检验、GARCH模型分析以及因果关系检验,结果表明,黄金指数GARCH(1,1)最适合描述其市场波动,美元指数GARCH(2,1)最适合描述其市场波动,美元指数的预测对黄金指数的预测会有帮助。     

证券交易所的可竞争性与我国证交所的发展

在技术与制度激变的全球化时代,证券交易所越来越成为了金融业中的竞争实体,21世纪初全球证交所大范围的整合并购,要求我们对于证券交易所的定位与发展应该有新的认识。本文从证交所在市场的中可竞争性出发,探讨我国证券交易所的未来发展。     

股票定价理论的发展及其对我国的适用性研究

股票价格的变动存在很多的不确定性,这些不确定性因素为股票的合理定价蒙上了一层神秘莫测的面纱。为揭开这层神秘的面纱,从股票市场诞生之日起,许多学就对这一课题进行了多方面、多角度的研究,从而形成源远流长、种类繁多的有关理论。本将就目前仍普遍流行并起主导作用的一些定价理论作一概述,并分析其对我国的适用性问题。     

建立和发展我国完善的股票期权市场

股票期权是人们进行投融资业务不可缺少的工具，但在我国由于各种条件的限制，并未出现真正意义上的股票期权市场。本着重分析了我国在建立和发展股票期权市场的必要性及可行性，并在此基础上提出了有关的战略规划。     

不同层次货币供给与消费波动的关联效应比较——来自我国频域的经济证据

利用我国改革开放30年以来的月度数据,从频域的视角量化及比较分析了三个不同层次货币供给和实质消费波动间的关联效应。谱分析结果表明:我国各层次货币供给与消费波动均存在长短不一的周期波动;随着货币层次的变化,消费与货币供给波动间的相关性沿频率梯度做出规律的响应;佐证了M0与消费相关关系最为密切,其次为M1和M2这一经典命题在我国的成立;不同层次货币供给与消费波动间的时差存在差异,且亦与波动频率密切相关。     

Twin Booms: The Lead–Lag Relation Between Credit and Housing Booms

In this study, we examine the causal relation between credit (proxied by credit-to-GDP ratio) and house markets (proxied by house price index) using data of using thirty-six countries for the period 1996–2012. We find a bidirectional causal relation between the two markets using the whole sample. Then, we find that during the non–twin boom period, the results are the same as those using the whole sample. During the twin boom periods, the two markets are not linked using the boom definition of deviation from the trend, and the housing market leads the credit market using the boom definition of the growth rate exceeding a certain 15 percent.     

浅析我国资本市场中股市与债市的失衡问题--兼论股票市场与债券市场对金融市场发展的影响

我国的资本市场目前存在着比较严重的结构失衡问题 ,这将制约资本市场发挥其应有的作用。本文主要对我国资本市场中存在的股市与债市的失衡问题进行了分析 ,并从资本市场与金融市场的相关关系角度 ,论述“只有保持资本市场中股市与债市的共存与协调比例发展 ,才会有助于资本市场或金融市场对于一国经济发展产生积极影响”这一观点     

新华富时A50股指期货与我国A股市场价格间关系：基于高频数据的研究

利用五分钟高频数据,本文对在新加坡交易所上市的新华富时A50股指期货与我国沪深300股指现货和期货之间的价格变化关系进行了实证分析。主要结果显示：从目前看,国内的沪深300指数现货和期货市场在价格发现和信息传递方面居于主导地位。A50股指期货价格的变动对国内股指现货和期货市场价格的变动并不存在显著的领先和引导作用。     

我国证券市场监管的加强与完善

在我国证券市场监管中,政府表现出管得过多的特征,即监管越位现象;但在一些极为重要的监管内容上,政府监管并没有产生强有力的作用,又同时表现出监管缺位现象。因此,应该实行证券市场监管市场化,消除监管"越位";完善证券市场监管制度,消除监管"缺位"。     

Do stock prices influence corporate decisions? Evidence from the technology bubble

We study the capital investment, stock issuance, and cash savings behavior of non-tech manufacturers (old economy firms) during the 1990s technology bubble. Our empirical results show that high stock prices affect corporate policies because they relax financing constraints. During the tech bubble, constrained non-tech firms' investment responded strongly to “high stock prices” (specifically, the component of price that is not captured by fundamentals). They also issued stock in response to that overvaluation effect, saving part of the proceeds in their cash accounts. We find no such patterns for unconstrained non-tech firms, nor for tech firms. Our findings are not consistent with the notion that managers systematically issue overvalued stocks and invest in ways that transfer wealth from new to old shareholders. More broadly, they suggest that what appears to be overvaluation in one sector of the economy may have positive externalities for other sectors.