Gabriel Neukomm, Modelling of higher moments of stock return processes, University of Zurich, Faculty of Economics, Business Administration and Information Technology, 2008. (Master's Thesis)
Most popular models for Conditional Higher Moments of stock return processes are imposing
a specific assumption on their parametric structure. This paper studies the issue
of predicting Conditional Higher Moments of stock return processes and the associated
Probability Densities with only making an assumption on the appropriate filtration. A
Parameter Free Approach to Predictions for that purpose is introduced, that relies on
Nonparametric Probability Estimations and the concept of Maximum Likelihood. The
Prediction Approach is tested with artificial data from standard models for Conditional
Volatility and Conditional Skewness as well as for observed market data. It is able to
understand the properties of those standard models and is able to follow them, in case
of the GARCH model unfortunately only with a slight bias. In case of observed market
data the Approach is able to recognize some of the stylized facts, which are observed with
Conditional Volatility. Furthermore it confirms the proposed property, that Conditional
Skewness is reversely correlated with the lagged return. |
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Alexandre Ziegler, Eine Methode zur objektiven Bestimmung von Ober- und Untergrenzen marktkonformer Aktionärsgehälter, 2008. (Other Publication)
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Jean-Louis Denis, Lise Lamothe, Ann Langley, Stéphane Guérard, Réforme et gouverne en santé: L'attrait pour une managérialisation de l'action publique, In: Les réformes en santé et en justice, Les presses de l'Université Laval, Québec, p. 51 - 68, 2008. (Book Chapter)
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Gary King, Orin Rosen, Martin A. Tanner, Alexander Wagner, Replication data for "Ordinary economic voting in the extraordinary election of Adolf Hitler", 2008. (Other Publication)
The enormous Nazi voting literature rarely builds on modern statistical or economic research. By adding these approaches, we find that the most widely accepted existing theories of this era cannot distinguish the Weimar elections from almost any others in any country. Via a retrospective voting account, we show that voters most hurt by the depression, and most likely to oppose the government, fall into separate groups with divergent interests. This explains why some turned to the Nazis and others turned away. The consequences of Hitler's election were extraordinary, but the voting behavior that led to it was not. |
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Silvie Gernet, Aufmerksamkeitswettbewerb im Bertrand-Modell, University of Zurich, Faculty of Economics, Business Administration and Information Technology, 2008. (Bachelor's Thesis)
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David Seidl, Review: Understanding Organizing as Process: Theory for a Tangled World, Electronic Journal of Business Ethics and Organization Studies, Vol. 30, 2008. (Journal Article)
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Markus Leippold, Information Ratio, In: Encylopedia of Alternative Investments, Chapman & Hall, Boca Raton, p. 237, 2008. (Book Chapter)
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Markus Leippold, Drawdown, In: Encylopedia of Alternative Investments, Chapman & Hall, Boca Raton, p. 153 - 154, 2008. (Book Chapter)
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Markus Leippold, Value at Risk, In: Encylopedia of Alternative Investments, Chapman & Hall, Boca Raton, p. 499 - 501, 2008. (Book Chapter)
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Markus Leippold, Manager Skills, In: Encylopedia of Alternative Investments, Chapman & Hall, Boca Raton, p. 284 - 285, 2008. (Book Chapter)
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Robert Huitema, A market model for stochastic implied volatility and option risk premiums, University of Twente, Faculty of Mathematics, 2008. (Master's Thesis)
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Katrin Hummel, Burkhard Pedell, Verrechnungspreise in der Praxis, Ergebnisse einer empirischen Untersuchung, 2008. (Other Publication)
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Markus Leippold, Paolo Vanini, Fabio Trojani, Learning and Asset Pricing under Uncertainty, Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 21 (6), 2008. (Journal Article)
We propose a new modeling framework to study the asset pricing implications of learning under ambiguity aversion. In a continuous time partial information Lucas economy, we characterize analytically equilibrium equity returns and make the following observations. First, learning under ambiguity aversion implies an equilibrium discount for ambiguity, if and only if relative risk aversion is below one or, equivalently, the elasticity of intertemporal substitution (EIS) is above one. In this case, ambiguity aversion increases conditional equity premia and volatilities. Second, equilibrium interest rates are lower, irrespective of risk aversion. Third, no time-invariant relation between excess returns and conditional variances exists. Therefore, estimated relations between excess returns and equity conditional variances are highly time varying and have an indeterminate sign. Fourth, estimates of the EIS based on standard Euler equations for equity returns are strongly downward biased in a setting of learning and ambiguity aversion. Therefore, an EIS well above one can be consistent with estimates of EIS well below one. Fifth, ambiguity does not resolve asymptotically. Finally, using realistic model parameters, we show that a low risk aversion and a moderate amount of ambiguity are consistent with the equity premium, the low interest rate, and the excess volatility puzzles. |
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William McKinley, The Mystery About Mysteries – A Commentary on Alvesson and Karreman. , 2008. (Other Publication)
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Thomas Parker, William McKinley, Layoff agency: A theoretical framework, Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies, Vol. 15 (1), 2008. (Journal Article)
The current downsizing literature has neglected the cognitions and behaviors of layoff agents. In this article, layoff agents are defined as employees who assist in the implementation of layoffs in their employing organizations. The article develops a theoretical framework that focuses on the cognitions and perceptions of those individuals. This framework suggests that layoff agents have the potential to experience cognitive dissonance as a result of their layoff agency activities, and under some conditions they will seek to reduce that dissonance by altering their perceptions of organizational downsizing. The framework specifies variables that moderate the relationship between layoff agency and cognitive dissonance and also variables that moderate the relationship between layoff agency—induced cognitive dissonance and agent perceptions of organizational downsizing. The moderating effects of these variables are captured in a set of propositions suitable for testing in future empirical research on the psychology of layoff agents. |
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Andreea Oliviana Diaconescu, Natasa Kovacevic, Anthony R. McIntosh, Modality-independent processes in cued motor preparation revealed by cortical potentials, NeuroImage, Vol. 42, 2008. (Journal Article)
We used event-related potentials (ERPs) in a crossmodal stimulus-response compatibility paradigm to identify modality-independent aspects of rule processing and cued response facilitation. Participants responded to a lateralized target with the ipsilateral (compatible) or contralateral (incompatible) hand. Cue-target modality and cue-target order were manipulated. The cue preceded the target in half of the trials, and the target preceded the cue in the other half. For half of the participants, a visual cue signalled the response rule to an auditory target, while in other half, an auditory cue signalled the response rule to a visual target. Behavioural results showed a significant cue facilitation effect with response times faster for trials when the cue preceded the target, regardless of cue-target modality. The overall fastest response times were obtained in auditory cue-visual target trials. We performed groupwise independent component analysis of the cortical potentials and identified two modality-independent spatiotemporal patterns related to experimental effects. The first pattern, which resembled the early part of a contingent-negative waveform, was associated with response rule processing, regardless of cue-target presentation order and modality. The second pattern showed amplitude modulations that were dependent on stimulus modality. However, this pattern also correlated with faster response times only when the cue preceded the target and regardless of cue-target modality. Source analysis suggested that the response rule processing pattern originated from the posterior parietal, motor and cingulate regions. The pattern associated with the cue-first facilitation effect originated from cingulate and medial frontal regions. The effects carried by both patterns showed temporal overlap in the interval between the first and second stimulus presentation, but with differences in their relation to response rule processing and behavioural facilitation |
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Christian Ewerhart, N Valla, Financial Market Liquidity and the Lender of Last Resort, Financial Stability Review - Special Issue on Liquidity, 2008. (Journal Article)
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Stéphane Guérard, Ann Langley, Jeux et enjeux dans l'implantation du Programme québécois de dépistage du cancer du sein : l'équipée de deux régions, Revue Internationale de Cas en Gestion, Vol. 6 (1), 2008. (Journal Article)
Ce cas décrit les enjeux politiques soulevés au moment de la mise en oeuvre d'une politique gouvernementale visant l'amélioration des services de santé. |
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Sebastian Findeisen, Jens Südekum, Industry churning and the evolution of cities: Evidence for Germany, Journal of Urban Economics, 2008. (Journal Article)
In this paper we show that the recent model by Gilles Duranton [Duranton, G., 2007. Urban evolutions: The fast, the slow, and the still. American Economic Review 97, 197–221] performs remarkably well in replicating the city size distribution of West Germany, much better than the simple rank-size rule known as Zipf's law. The main mechanism of this theoretical framework is the “churning” of industries across cities. Little is known in urban economics about the determinants of local industry turnover so far. We present an empirical analysis of the excess churning index for West German cities, which describes the strength of intra-city industry reallocations over time. We find that urban growth and industry turnover are not notably correlated: Some, but not all fast-growing cities have notably changed. Secondly, human capital is positively related to growth and turnover, but only among successful cities. Industrial change within unsuccessful cities is driven by the disappearance of old-fashioned and declining sectors such as agriculture or mining. On a more general level our results suggest that the recent model by Duranton is a powerful description of the urban growth process. Still there are some aspects that are not captured by that model, which are at the core of other theories of urban growth. |
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S J Kiebel, Jean Daunizeau, K J Friston, A hierarchy of time scales and the brain, PLoS Comp. Biol., 2008. (Journal Article)
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