中国十大宜居城市房地产价格泡沫度的实证研究

本文通过单位根ADF检验,对我国十大宜居城市中的九个城市（剔除桂林,数据不可得）的房地产价格泡沫进行了初步检验,结果显示除青岛外其他城市房地产价格都面临着不同程度的泡沫。然后通过建立时变风险溢价模型和三变量VAR模型,对除青岛以外的剩余城市的房地产价格泡沫进行了度量,结果显示：上海、大连、北京、广州、成都、杭州、珠海和厦门的房地产市场都存在着不同程度的泡沫,其中北京、杭州和珠海的房地产市场泡沫已经达到了30％以上,而上海、大连和厦门的房地产市场泡沫在20％以上,成都和广州的房地产市场泡沫也在10％以上。使用该方法可以度量任何一个地区、省份、市区的房地产价格泡沫度,可以为房地产商、购房人和中央及地方政府提供相应的决策依据。     

Exact confidence sets and goodness-of-fit methods for stable distributions

Usual inference methods for stable distributions are typically based on limit distributions. But asymptotic approximations can easily be unreliable in such cases, for standard regularity conditions may not apply or may hold only weakly. This paper proposes finite-sample tests and confidence sets for tail thickness and asymmetry parameters (α$\alpha$ and β$\beta$) of stable distributions. The confidence sets are built by inverting exact goodness-of-fit tests for hypotheses which assign specific values to these parameters. We propose extensions of the Kolmogorov–Smirnov, Shapiro–Wilk and Filliben criteria, as well as the quantile-based statistics proposed by McCulloch (1986) in order to better capture tail behavior. The suggested criteria compare empirical goodness-of-fit or quantile-based measures with their hypothesized values. Since the distributions involved are quite complex and non-standard, the relevant hypothetical measures are approximated by simulation, and p$p$-values are obtained using Monte Carlo (MC) test techniques. The properties of the proposed procedures are investigated by simulation. In contrast with conventional wisdom, we find reliable results with sample sizes as small as 25. The proposed methodology is applied to daily electricity price data in the US over the period 2001–2006. The results show clearly that heavy kurtosis and asymmetry are prevalent in these series.     

Asset price volatility and banks

This paper examines the operation of Diamond–Dybvig banks when depositors have access to the asset market. Previous studies have shown that banks are redundant in this environment since it is impossible to prevent the strategic withdrawals. This paper shows that the strategic withdrawals can be prevented if the market risk, due to asset price volatility, is considered. Banks provide deterministic returns to the depositors since the aggregate withdrawals are predictable, and therefore, banks can choose the portfolio such that no asset liquidation is involved. However, an individual consumer with stochastic liquidity need is vulnerable to the price volatility if he holds the asset directly. Therefore, banks improve the consumers’ welfare by providing the insurance against not only the liquidity shock but also the market risk. Banks are not redundant.     

在铁路货运营销中运用价格策略的探讨

价格是市场营销组合的重要因素。铁路货物运价制度运用得当与否直接关系着吸引运量的多少和使路运输企业利润的高低。并影响着运输市场营销组合的其它因素。根据营销环境的变化，灵活调整价格，科学制定价格策略，才能使企业获得最佳的经济效益。本文通过分析现行运价体系存在的问题，就如何在铁路货运营销活动中运用价格策略进行了探讨。     

The effect of economic policy uncertainty on China’s housing market

This study examines the relationship between economic policy uncertainty (EPU) and housing price at the macro-level in China as a developing country. The empirical evidence indicates that EPU has a leading effect on China’s housing market. In general, the housing market is prosperous when economic policy is stable and there is a positive relationship between housing price variation and EPU, which means housing market risk grows under unstable economic policies in this developing economy. Moreover, economic policy variation affects low-amplitude changes in housing prices. A variation of policy uncertainty enhances the risk premium of the housing market. By contrast, the level of EPU influences high-amplitude changes in housing prices, which reflects the trend of EPU dominating China's housing market.     

Asset allocation and multivariate position based trading

I add a second risky asset and a risk free bond to the univariate artificial market investigated by Lux and Marchesi (Int J Theor Appl Finance 3(4):675–702, 2000), keeping track of traders aggregate positions and wealth. Asset allocation and security selection are modeled as separate decision processes, as is common practice in financial institutions. Introducing position based trading avoids inconsistencies in traders inventories resulting from the order based setup of the original model, while preserving its ability to reproduce the stylized facts of financial return series.      

中国钢铁企业参与铁矿石期货市场价值研究

自从铁矿石期货交易去年在大连交易所开始后,钢铁企业都非常关注这种金融工具的运行机制以及它对企业的影响。本文结合中国的特殊环境,主要分析了铁矿石期货市场对钢铁产业的功能和作用,铁矿石期货市场能帮助钢铁企业解决什么问题;钢铁企业利用铁矿石期货市场的方法和手段,主要是帮助钢铁企业清楚地认识铁矿石期货市场的价值,利用期货市场提升企业竞争力。