A play-the-winner-type urn design with reduced variability

We propose a new adaptive allocation rule, the drop-the-loser, that randomizes subjects in the course of a trial comparing treatments with dichotomous outcomes. The rule tends to assign more patients to better treatments with the same limiting proportion as the randomized play-the-winner rule. The new design has significantly less variable allocation proportion than the randomized play-the-winner rule. Decrease in variability translates into a gain in statistical power. For some values of success probabilities the drop-the-loser rule has a double advantage over conventional equal allocation in that it has better power and assigns more subjects to the better treatment. Acknowledgments. I thank Stephen Durham, the associate editor, and the referees for their helpful suggestions.     

Information Flows across Markets: Evidence from China–Backed Stocks Dual–Listed in Hong Kong and New York

Using a bivariate generalized autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity (GARCH) model, we examine patterns of information flows for China–backed stocks that are cross–listed on exchanges in Hong Kong and New York. Results analyzing the dual–listed stocks indicate significant mutual feedback of information between domestic (Hong Kong) and offshore (New York) markets in terms of pricing and volatility. Stocks listed on the domestic market appear to play a more significant role of information transmission in the pricing process, whereas stocks listed on the offshore market play a bigger role in volatility spillover.     

Dynamic and asymmetric impacts of macroeconomic fundamentals on an integrated stock market

A large body of evidence indicates that macroeconomic and financial variables are dynamically interrelated. In an international setup, we analyze the transmission mechanisms of macroeconomic shocks on the stock market of a small open economy in an increasingly integrated world. We use a time-varying vector error correction model (VECM) that allows analysis of asymmetric impacts that depend on the state of the business cycle. A special focus is directed on monetary policy surprises, where we find that foreign shocks exert a strong influence on an integrated stock market, and that the stage of the business cycle heavily affects the signals of the shocks.     

Market Failures in Real-Time Metering

Policies to promote real-time metering (RTM) require more than showing benefits from more timely responses to variations in cost. They require positive externalities to imply that too few meters would be installed through private transactions. RTM presents no systematic externalities when utilities must serve peak period users, and may present negative externalities under some conditions. Positive externalities are likely when electricity is rationed through blackouts. RTM may or may not increase welfare when peak period wholesale markets are not competitive; a prohibition on RTM might be appropriate in such situations even if metering itself were costless.     

高速移动数据传输新标准IEEE 802.20

介绍了未来高速移动通信新标准IEEE802．20的总体概况，具体分析了IEEE802．20的技术特性、系统参考结构以及系统的组成模型，并对IEEE802．20标准前景分析与展望进行了详细描述。     

我国货币政策传导机制:阻梗现象与制度安排

完善的货币政策传导机制是任何一种稳定发展的经济所必须的，是健康经济的重要标志之一。近年来，由于我国经济金融运行中出现的种种客观因素的限制，货币政策尚未达到其预期效果。究其原因，主要是货币政策传导机制不畅减弱了货币政策的效果。因此，改善货币政策传导机制的措施应该从消除制度性障碍入手。     

对欠发达地区货币传导扭曲的实证分析

我国货币政策对生产活动的影响主要通过银行贷款渠道.1997年央行从松货币政策的措施实施以来,全国与西北贷款规模相对差异的拉大、投资规模相对差异的缩小及资本形成率差异增大.本文以银行贷款渠道为例对西北地区货币政策传导进行分析,得出货币政策效果差异的直接原因是特定的基础货币投放机制和西北地区过度的信贷萎缩,根本原因在于西北地区经济基础差,投资收益率低,商业银行机构撒并和信贷策略调整,民间投资不足等因素.     

名义工资粘性与货币政策传导机制

货币政策的传导机制包括两个环节。第一个环节是货币供给作用于总需求，第二个环节是总需求作用于产出。在第二个环节，需求的变化能否引起产出的调整取决于名义粘性的存在性及其强弱。名义粘性包括工资粘性和价格粘性，工资粘性是价格粘性存在的前提条件，所以名义工资粘性是解释货币产出效应的基础。中国劳动力市场在不完全竞争的基础上具有一些特质，因而工资粘性很强并且形成的微观原因很特殊。极强的工资粘性保证了货币政策在第二环节的效果。这一结论为分析影响货币政策效果的因素找到了一个突破口，也为进一步优化货币政策传导机制找到了方向。     

一种镀锌板生产线电气传动控制系统

介绍了镀锌板生产线的工艺流程及其对电气传动的要求，采用PLC对镀锌板生产线的张力和带速进行协调控制，对电气传动控制系统的活套带重补偿和控制算法作了论述。本系统在实际使用中可靠性高，经济效益好，是一种适用的镀锌板生产线电气传动控制系统。     

What lies beneath—Negative interest rates and bank lending

We study the transmission of negative interest rates to bank lending around an unexpected policy rate cut into deep negative territory by the Swiss National Bank (−0.75%). We exploit a rich data set on transaction-level corporate loans matched with bank balance sheet data. We find that banks more affected by negative interest rates offer looser lending terms and lend more than other banks. This result is consistent with the risk-taking channel, where a lower policy rate spurs bank risk-taking to maintain profits. The result implies that, even in such deep negative territory, the reversal rate has not yet been hit.