Are exchange rates interdependent? Evidence using wavelet analysis

We examine the co-movement in daily returns of USD–INR, EUR–INR, GBP–INR, and JPY–INR currency pair futures contracts traded on the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) using the wavelet cohesion approach. This study contributes to the literature by examining the scantly studied area of co-movement in exchange rates and using the wavelet approach, which allows us to analyse time–frequency-wise co-movement of the time series. The empirical results indicate that the currency futures markets are nearly perfectly integrated in the long run (monthly, quarterly and biannual scales) offering little potential gains from international portfolio diversification. The discrepancies between currency futures markets are small and almost fade away within 3–6 months. Moreover, international currency diversification might offer relatively higher potential gains at intraweek, weekly, and fortnightly time horizons owing to lower correlations among the currencies under consideration. Finally, our multiple-wavelet correlation and cross-correlation analysis shows that GBP acts as a potential leader/follower across scales. The results of our analysis indicate the dynamic pattern of co-movement among the major currency futures contracts, which provides several implications for portfolio managers and international investors participating in the Indian market.     

STOCK‐BOND CO‐MOVEMENTS AND FLIGHT‐TO‐QUALITY IN G7 COUNTRIES: A TIME‐FREQUENCY ANALYSIS

This paper examines co‐movement between stock returns and changes in 10‐year government bond yields as well as flight‐to‐quality behaviour in G7 countries. We conduct the wavelet squared coherence analysis to explore the dynamics in both time and frequency domain. Our results provide evidence of positive co‐movements, which vary over time and across investment horizon. The higher co‐movement is found to be more concentrated in the lower frequency bands. We further analyse the dynamic nature of the scale‐dependent wavelet correlations and find that the correlations are highly volatile and significantly increase across different time scales during the episodes of equity market turbulence. The increase in correlations reflects flights from stocks to safer bond investments as a result of dramatic changes in investor sentiment and risk aversion at times of market stress.     

Oil prices and economic activity: evidence for G-7 economies based on a wavelet approach

This study examines the relationship between oil prices and economic activity in the G-7 economies during the period 1960M1–2014M07 using a wavelet approach. The results show significant differences in the relationship between these two variables depending on the frequencies. Furthermore, we find that oil price shocks affect economic activity at low frequencies (long run) in all G-7 countries, while the effect at high frequencies (short run) is limited to a few countries.     

组合幂调频信号的时频移估计

为了准确估计接收信号的时频移参数和降低估计复杂度,设计了一种组合幂调频（CPFM）信号,该信号由具有时间间隔的正负幂调频（PFM）信号构成,并提出了基于CPFM信号的时频移估计算法。在算法中首先将CPFM信号降阶,然后独立地估计时延和频移,即采用三次相位函数（CPF）估计时延,通过正负PFM相位相消后再估计频移。相比于分数阶傅里叶变换（FRFT）时频移估计算法,所提算法避免了时延估计对频移估计的影响,而且仅需两次一维搜索,降低了计算量。仿真结果表明,该算法能准确地估计CPFM信号的时延和频移,并且频移估计均方误差（MSE）接近克拉美劳下界（CRLB）。     

基于小波变换和曲线拟合法的柴油机故障诊断

为了对柴油机故障类型进行准确诊断,对柴油机缸盖振动信号进行特征提取,所测取的信号通过小波变换提取时域、频域特征参数,得到相应的拟合曲线并计算多项式系数。设定两种常见故障,通过比较其小波变换拟合多项式系数与标准模式间的距离,从而判断出故障类型。经过验证,所判断出的故障类型正好为所设定的故障,由此表明该方法具有很大的优越性。     

The intermediating role of the Chinese renminbi in Asian currency markets: Evidence from partial wavelet coherence

This study presents an innovative perspective on the dynamic interdependence of Asian currency markets, focusing particularly on the intermediating role of the Chinese renminbi (CNY) in introducing the co-movement between non-major Asian currencies. In this regard, the multivariate factor stochastic volatility (SV) model is estimated and continuous wavelet analysis is applied. The novelty of this study is that it employs wavelet coherence analysis to identify the localized time-varying co-movement of Asian currencies and their lead–lag relations specific to a particular scale and thus investment horizon. Furthermore, the CNY’s intermediating role in inducing co-movement between Asian currencies is examined by applying dynamic partial correlation analysis based on the multivariate factor SV model and partial wavelet coherence analysis, which evaluate the degree of the co-movement between Asian currencies after controlling for the common influence of the CNY. The results clearly indicate the prominent role of the CNY in facilitating region-wide connectedness of Asian currency markets.     

Open Economy Dynamics in a Floating Exchange Rate Developing Country Context

ABSTRACT

This article develops a wavelet-based control model to simulate fiscal, monetary, and real exchange rate scenarios in an open economy developing country with an inflation-targeting regime. We use South African macro data to jointly simulate optimal fiscal and monetary policy under varying scenarios for real exchange rate stability with interest rate parity. As real exchange rate stability increases, the model simulates the effects on the trade balance under both a constant and depreciating real exchange rate. We find that short-term cycle stability problems are somewhat mitigated by allowing the real exchange rate to depreciate.     

经济转型期我国区域分工演化分析

本文在探讨区域分工理论的基础上,分析了经济转型时期我国区域分工的特征与发展势态。作者指出,在全国产业结构趋同客观存在的同时,资源型区域产业虚髙度化明显,区域分工向不利于其长期战略的方向发展,进而提出了协调我国区域分工的几点设想。     

Tail mutual exclusivity and Tail-VaR lower bounds

In this paper, we extend the concept of mutual exclusivity proposed by [Dhaene, J. & Denuit, M. (1999). The safest dependence structure among risks. Insurance: Mathematics and Economics 25, 11–21] to its tail counterpart and baptize this new dependency structure as tail mutual exclusivity. Probability levels are first specified for each component of the random vector. Under this dependency structure, at most one exceedance over the corresponding Value-at-Risks (VaRs) is possible, the other components being zero in such a case. No condition is imposed when all components stay below the VaRs. Several properties of this new negative dependence concept are derived. We show that this dependence structure gives rise to the smallest value of Tail-VaR (TVaR) of a sum of risks within a given Fréchet space, provided that the probability level of the TVaR is close enough to one.     

The density of the time to ruin for a Sparre Andersen process with Erlang arrivals and exponential claims

We derive expressions for the density of the time to ruin given that ruin occurs in a Sparre Andersen model in which individual claim amounts are exponentially distributed and inter-arrival times are distributed as Erlang(n,?β). We provide numerical illustrations of finite time ruin probabilities, as well as illustrating features of the density functions.