外国直接投资与我国技术创新研究

本文运用面板协整工具和动态最小二乘法(DOLS)来检验我国1990-2004年间FDI的技术溢出效应与我国技术创新的相关关系。实证研究的结果显示:FDI与我国技术创新存在着长期稳定的关系;如果跨越了一定的人力资本门槛,那么FDI从总体上对我国的技术创新产生了积极的影响,也可以说人力资本在FDI促进我国技术创新中起着关键的作用。     

对外贸易与经济增长关系的实证分析--以山东省为例

对外贸易对经济增长的促进作用因不同的经济条件而有所不同。运用协整理论和误差修正模型，对山东省经济增长与对外贸易的相关性和因果关系进行实证检验的结果表明，山东省经济增长与出口和进口之间存在着长期的稳定关系，无论在短期内还是长期内，三个变量两两之间都具有显著的双向格兰杰因果关系，因此应继续坚定出口导向型的外向发展战略。     

对我国利率、投资、储蓄和货币供给量的协整与误差修正分析

理清中国的利率、投资、储蓄和货币供给量四个宏观经济指标之间的关系,对我国进行有效的调控具有很重要的意义。对以上四个指标进行协整和误差修正分析,判断它们的长期和短期关系。结果显示:从长期来看,这四个宏观经济变量存在很强的协整关系,且在短期范围内,这种关系对利率短期波动的影响是显著的。     

Monetary dynamics: a market approach

The behaviour of the short-run responses implied by the identification of a long-run money demand relationship is examined. These responses have recently been interpreted as representing the policy stance of the monetary authority. However, as movements in the monetary aggregate reflect both demand and supply adjustments, estimating the short-run dynamics solely within the money demand relationship may produce biased results. In order to address this issue, the paper explicitly acknowledges the importance of the supply of money function by including the function alongside the demand for money function. While the interaction of the two equations continues to produce the long-run quantity theory result, the additional detail provides more accurate estimates of the individual short-run adjustments within the two equations.     

The expectations hypothesis and decoupling of short- and long-term US interest rates: A pairwise approach

The link between short-term policy rates and long-term rates elucidate the potential effectiveness of monetary policy. We examine the US term structure of interest rates using a pairwise econometric approach advocated by Pesaran (2007). Our empirical modelling strategy employs a probabilistic test statistic for the expectations hypothesis of the term structure based on the percentage of unit root rejections among all interest rate differentials. We find support for the expectations hypothesis and provide new insights into the nature of interest rate decoupling which are of value to policymakers. The maturity gap associated with interest rate pairs negatively impacts on the probability of stationarity, and also on the speed of adjustment towards long-run equilibrium. We further show that the speed of adjustment has become more sensitive to the maturity gap over time.     

Shaken or Stirred? Financial Deregulation and the Monetary Transmission Mechanism in Norway

Is there a credit channel for monetary policy? Has the deregulation of financial markets had any temporary or permanent effects on the monetary transmission mechanism? We present empirical evidence on these issues for Norway by estimating a dynamic system of money, credit, real income and inflation. We find that the deregulation process has not caused any permanent shifts in the long‐run demand functions. Within a small simultaneous dynamic model, there is some evidence for the credit view of the monetary transmission mechanism, as both credit and money exhibit strong and stable effects on aggregate demand. JEL classification: E50; E44; C51     

Estimating Cointegrated Panels with Common Factors and the Forward Rate Unbiasedness Hypothesis

This article proposes a bias-adjusted estimator for use in cointegratedpanel regressions when the errors are cross-sectionally correlatedthrough an unknown common factor structure. The asymptotic distributionof the new estimator is derived and is examined in small samplesusing Monte Carlo simulations. For the estimation of the numberof factors, several information-based criteria are considered.The simulation results suggest that the new estimator performswell in comparison to existing ones. In our empirical application,we provide new evidence suggesting that the forward rate unbiasednesshypothesis cannot be rejected.     

Going Alone: The Case for Relaxed Reciprocity in Freeing Trade

We examine the output elasticity of infrastructure for four South Asian countries viz., India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka using panel cointegration techniques for the period 1980–2005. In this context, we develop an index of infrastructure stocks and investigate the impact of infrastructure on output. The study finds a long-run equilibrium relationship between output and infrastructure along with other relevant variables, such as gross domestic capital formation (GDCF), labor force, international trade and human capital. The results reveal that GDCF, labor force, export and expenditure on human capital exhibit a positive contribution to output. More importantly, infrastructure development contributes significantly to output growth in South Asia. Further, the panel causality analysis shows that there is mutual feedback between total output and infrastructure development.     

Bilateral Trade Balances: Evidence from Malaysia*

This study examines the impacts of real exchange rates on the bilateral trade balances of Malaysia with the USA, Japan and Singapore. The results for the long‐run cointegrating vectors show that depreciation or devaluation of real exchange rates will improve bilateral trade balances. In the short run, there is some evidence of the J‐curve phenomenon. Changes in real money supply contribute greatly to changes in real exchange rates. Generally, changes in real exchange rates contribute significantly to changes in bilateral trade balances. Monetary policy can be used to influence bilateral trade balances.     

我国就业影响因素实证研究——基于JJ协整模型与ECM模型的分析

本文使用索洛模型为基础的变化模型研究我国就业量的影响因素,引入国民生产总值、城市化率、居民消费水平、历年全社会固定资产投资、第三产业增加值为解释变量做实证研究,建立时间序列分析模型,并通过各变量间的JJ协整关系模型与误差修正模型说明各因素对就业的长短期影响,结果表明长期内我国国内生产总值对就业总量有显著地正向拉动作用,城市化率与就业总量有显著地负相关关系,居民消费水平长期内与就业总量成正相关关系,第三产业增加值与就业总量有微弱的负相关关系,短期内我国就业总量受到自身滞后期的正向冲击且需要外力拉动。在此结论基础上本文尝试提出了相关政策建议。