In this paper, we have employed non-linear model reexamine real interest parity (RIP) of five European economies with respect to the US. We focus on using linear and nonlinear unit root tests to test real interest rate differentials (RIRD). And we add time trend in the logistic and exponential smooth transition regression models to monthly data. The results are as follows. First, the evidence for the full-sample is favorable using three traditional unit root tests and one powerful nonlinear unit root test. Almost all economics are support real interest parity. Second, we use nonlinear error correction model to find which factors influence on RIRD. There are three economics influenced by both domestic and foreign factors at the same time.

In this thesis we empirically examine whether the Turkish stock market is driven by rational bubbles over the period between March 1990 and February 2012. The bubble periods are estimated using a recently developed right-tailed unit root test, the generalized sup augmented Dickey-Fuller test of Phillips, Shi and Yu (2011a). Applying their bubble detection and location strategies to weekly price dividend ratio series, we find strong evidence for the existence of rational bubbles in the Turkish stock market benchmark indices as well as sector indices. Our located bubble periods may give early warning signals of the subsequent Turkish financial crisis.

歐元的問世，代表的是從1970年代固定匯率被打破以來，世界金融體系最大一次的變革，其對全球之金融及社會文化有很深遠的意義；因此，有關美國與歐元區間之匯率、利率及物價關係的探討遂成為國際金融市場所關心的焦點之一；本文以Frankel (1992)所提出衡量國際間資本移動性的三種利率平價說：拋補利率平價說(Covered Interest Parity，CIP) 、無拋補利率平價說 (Uncovered Interest Parity，UIP)、實質利率平價說 (Real Interest Parity，RIP)為基礎，來檢驗此三種利率平價說是否成立。在實證方法上，本文以Dickey & Fuller (1979,1981)之ADF單根檢定來確定變數之數列特性，再採Johansen (1988)之最大概似估計法，對CIP、UIP與RIP進行實證分析。實證結果發現，於1999 年 1 月至 2004 年 7 月期間，美國與歐元區間 CIP 與 UIP 同時成立，表示當兩國資產報酬率有差異時，可以經由國際間資本的移動，使得報酬率最後有趨於相等的傾向；並且接受遠期匯率為未來即期匯率的不偏估計值之虛無假設，顯示歐元與美元間外匯市場具有效率性。另外，本文之實證結果並不支持 RIP 的成立，其有可能歐元區與美國在編制物價指數時，所使用的物價項目和比重情況不同而異，因此難以表示出公正之匯價；再者由於現實之貨幣、商品市場之不完全，與人民不一定能完全預期及存在貨幣幻覺等許許多多未考慮因素下，故在諸多驗證 RIP之文獻中，亦大多顯示無法找到其均衡之平價關係。 / The emergence of Eurodollar exemplified a significant reformation in the world financial system since the fixed rate had been broken in 1970, which brings far-reaching significance to the global finance and social culture. Therefore some discussions on exchange rate, interest rate and price relationship in the range of US Dollar and Eurodollar are one of focuses the international financial market concerns; On the basis of the three kinds of interest rate parity Frankel brought forward (1992) including Covered Interest Parity (CIP), Uncovered Interest Parity (UIP) and Real Interest Parity (RIP), this research mainly proves their feasibility. For the empirical methods, the Dickey & Fuller (1979, 1981)’s ADF unit root test was used to confirm the characteristics of variable series in this research; additionally, Johansen’s maximum likelihood method (1988) was adopted to do the empirical analysis on CIP, UIP and RIP. Based on the empirical results, we found out that the CIP and UIP are tenable simultaneously in the range of tenable US Dollar and Eurodollar from 1999 January to 2004 July. That means when return on asserts between two counties has some differences, it would become towards equality lastly on the basis of international capital mobility. And the null hypothesis that the forward rate is an unbiased predictor of the future spot rate can be employed, revealing the foreign exchange market in the range of Eurodollar and US Dollar has certain efficiency. Additionally, The empirical results of this research do not support the RIP, because it would vary with different prices and proportion used while making the price index in the range of Eurodollar and US Dollar, and cannot present equitable exchange rate; furthermore, because of imperfect current currency and commodity markets, and many unconsidered factors such as people’ incompletely anticipation and money illusion, most researches for validating RIP fail to find out its balanced parity relation.

本文研究目的係以台灣作實證研究，針對這樣一個逐漸開放的小型經濟體系，分析影響其短期利率變動的因素，並驗證其短期利率的變動是否僅受到國外因素（如國外利率）變動的影響，或者是僅受到國內因素（如預期物價膨脹、貨幣供給、景氣、財政及市場資金狀況等）變動的影響，亦或者是兩者皆有。本文以1989年4月到2004年12月這段期間月資料的時間數列為樣本，利用Dickey & Fuller(1981)之ADF單根檢定法來確定變數之數列特性，並採用Johanson (1988)所提出最大概似估計法來分析影響台灣短期利率變動的因素。本文實證結果顯示，台灣31-90天商業本票利率與消費者物價指數年增率、實質經濟成長率、意外貨幣成長、美國三個月國庫券利率、國庫券發行餘額及金融機構平均淨超額準備皆為I(1)數列，並具有一組共整合關係，顯示彼此間具有共同趨勢。其中商業本票與消費者物價指數年增率、實質經濟成長率、意外貨幣成長及美國三個月國庫券利率呈現顯著正向關係，而與金融機構平均淨超額準備呈現顯著負向關係，由此可知，台灣短期利率不僅受到國內因素的影響,亦同時受到國外因素的影響。 / The purpose of this paper is to analyze the determinants of short-term interest rate variation in Taiwan. This paper attempts to examine whether the external factors or internal factors influence the volatility of the short-term rate in Taiwan. ADF unit root test is adopted to check the characteristics of variable series; Johansen’s maximum likelihood method is used to analyze the determinants of short-term interest rate variation in Taiwan based on monthly data from April 1989 to December 2004.The empirical results shows that the rate of commercial paper, consumer price growth rate, real economic growth rate, unanticipated M2 growth rate, U.S. treasury bill rate, balance on treasury bill and net excess reserves are I(1) time series. Besides, those variables have one cointegration relationship with common trend. Specifically, the rate of commercial paper is significantly positively correlated with consumer price growth rate, real economic growth rate, unanticipated M2 growth rate and U.S. treasury bill rate, and is significantly negatively correlated with net excess reserves. Therefore, the variation of short-term interest rate in Taiwan is determined by both external and internal factors.

Conn., Yale Univ., Diss.--New Haven, 2005. / Kopie, ersch. im Verl. UMI, Ann Arbor, Mich. - Enth. 3 Beitr.

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The application of different unit root statistics is by now a standard practice in empirical work. Even when it is a practical issue, these statistics have complex nonstandard distributions depending on functionals of certain stochastic processes, and their derivations represent a barrier even for many theoretical econometricians. These derivations are based on rigorous and fundamental statistical tools which are not (very) well known by standard econometricians. This paper aims to fill this gap by explaining in a simple way one of these fundamental tools: namely, the Functional Central Limit Theorem. To this end, this paper analyzes the foundations and applicability of two versions of the Functional Central Limit Theorem within the framework of a unit root with a structural break. Initial attention is focused on the probabilistic structure of the time series to be considered. Thereafter, attention is focused on the asymptotic theory for nonstationary time series proposed by Phillips (1987a), which is applied by Perron (1989) to study the effects of an (assumed) exogenous structural break on the power of the augmented Dickey-Fuller test and by Zivot and Andrews (1992) to criticize the exogeneity assumption and propose a method for estimating an endogenous breakpoint. A systematic method for dealing with efficiency issues is introduced by Perron and Rodriguez (2003), which extends the Generalized Least Squares detrending approach due to Elliot et al. (1996). An empirical application is provided. / Hoy en día es una práctica estándar de trabajo empírico la aplicación de diferentes estadísticos de contraste de raíz unitaria. A pesar de ser un aspecto práctico, estos estadísticos poseen distribuciones complejas y no estándar que dependen de funcionales de ciertos procesos estocásticos y sus derivaciones representan una barrera incluso para varios econometristas teóricos. Estas derivaciones están basadas en herramientas estadísticas fundamentales y rigurosas que no son (muy) bien conocidas por econometristas estándar. El presente artículo completa esta brecha al explicar en una forma simple una de estas herramientas fundamentales la cual es el Teorema del Límite Central Funcional. Por lo tanto, este documento analiza los fundamentos y la aplicabilidad de dos versiones del Teorema del Límite Central Funcional dentro del marco de una raíz unitaria con un quiebre estructural. La atención inicial se centra en la estructura probabilística de las series de tiempo propuesta por Phillips (1987a), la cual es aplicada por Perron (1989) para estudiar los efectos de un quiebre estructural (asumido) exógeno sobre la potencia de las pruebas Dickey-Fuller aumentadas y por Zivot y Andrews (1992) para criticar el supuesto de exogeneidad y proponer un método para estimar un punto de quiebre endógeno. Un método sistemático para tratar con aspectos de eficiencia es introducido por Perron y Rodríguez (2003), el cual extiende el enfoque de Mínimos Cuadrados Generalizados para eliminar los componentes determinísticos de Elliot et al. (1996). Se presenta además una aplicación empírica.

nÃo hà / Este estudo investiga a hipÃtese de eficiÃncia de mercado, a qual designa que estratÃgias de previsibilidade baseadas no comportamento passado das sÃries de retornos de aÃÃes nÃo implicam a obtenÃÃo de lucros econÃmicos. SÃo analisados dados de 25 mercados, estendendo-se de janeiro de 1990 a janeiro de 2010. A metodologia principal consiste na aplicaÃÃo de cinco testes de raiz unitÃria para painel, entre os quais se destaca o de Pesaran, Smith e Yamagata (2009), o qual assume que existe um determinado nÃmero de variÃveis que sÃo simultaneamente afetadas por um dado conjunto de fatores comuns nÃo observados. Os resultados modificam-se conforme altera-se o poder dos testes. O principal teste aplicado, particularmente, rejeita a hipÃtese em questÃo, sinalizando a possibilidade de exploraÃÃo de certas ineficiÃncias para a obtenÃÃo de lucros adicionais. / This paper investigates the efficient market hypothesis, which indicates a situation where investors are not able to develop a familiarity with past patterns of returns in order to obtain extra profits. It is used a sample containing 25 markets over the period January 1990 to January 2010. Econometric Methodology consists in exploiting five unit root tests, between which Pesaran, Smith e Yamagata (2009) is in relief, which assumes that there exists a number of variables that are simultaneously affected by a given set of unobserved common factors. Main results reject the efficient market hypothesis, indicating possibilities of exploiting inefficiency for obtaining extra profits.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:26:47Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Edward Bernard Bastiaan de Rivera y Rivera.pdf: 1167837 bytes, checksum: 41d8da3c55729cd22e09b6eb7f9ec567 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-03-02 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The Present Value Model (PVM) in which current security prices depend upon the present value of future discounted dividends, where the discount rate is equivalent to the required rate of return is one of the models in Finance Theory. This relationship has gathered attention from empirical literature due to the rapid price increase in stock markets throughout the decade of 1990 and its subsequent fall. The objective of this work is to analyze the validity of the PVM between prices and dividends at the firm level from panel techniques applied to nonstationary and potentially cointegrated processes for the Brazilian stock market. Results indicate that, in the Present Value Model with Constant Expected Returns, the hypothesis that real prices and real dividends have a unit root cannot be rejected. Respective panel cointegration tests indicate that real prices and real dividends are cointegrated, and hence attributing validity to the PVM under the hypothesis of constant expected returns. Regarding the Present Value Model with Time-Varying Expected Returns, the hypothesis that log real prices and log real dividends are nonstationary (1) and that log price-dividend ratio is (0) cannot be rejected as analyzed in theory for the validation of the underlying Model. The respective panel cointegration tests yield evidence that the series log real prices and log real dividends are cointegrated, validating the PVM under the hypothesis of time-varying expected returns. Considering FMOLS and DOLS estimators for panel cointegration models, results indicate that stock prices are overvalued under either constant or time-varying expected returns. / O Modelo de Valor Presente (MVP) - no qual os preços correntes dos títulos dependem do valor presente de dividendos futuros descontados, em que a taxa de desconto é equivalente à taxa requerida de retorno - é um dos modelos da Teoria Financeira. Esta relação tem sido alvo da literatura empírica pelo rápido aumento dos preços no mercado de ações na década de 1990 e queda subsequente. O objetivo deste trabalho é analisar a validação do MVP por meio da análise da relação de longo prazo entre preços e dividendos em nível da empresa a partir de técnicas de painéis aplicados a processos não estacionários e potencialmente cointegrados para o mercado acionário no Brasil. Os resultados indicam que, no Modelo de Valor Presente com Retornos Esperados Constantes no Tempo, não se rejeita a hipótese de que preços reais e dividendos reais possuam raiz unitária. Os respectivos testes de cointegração em painel apontam que as séries de preços reais e dividendos reais são cointegradas, validando-se o MVP sob a hipótese de retornos esperados constantes. Em relação ao Modelo de Valor Presente com Retornos Esperados Variantes no Tempo, não se rejeita a hipótese de que log de preços reais e log de dividendos reais sejam não estacionários (1) e que o log da razão preço-dividendo seja (0) como previsto em teoria para a validação do Modelo. Os respectivos testes de cointegração em painel indicam que as séries log de preços reais e log de dividendos reais são cointegrados, validando-se o MVP sob a hipótese de retornos esperados variantes. Estimadores FMOLS e DOLS aplicados a painéis cointegrados indicam que os preços das ações encontram-se sobreavaliados, admitindo-se retornos esperados constantes ou variantes no tempo.

The aim of this thesis is a detailed analysis of selected approaches of unit root testing. First chapter deals with the basic knowledge of the theory of stochastic processes. Further, we describe Dickey-Fuller tests, t-tests and likelihood ratio tests for the presence of a unit root and derive their asymptotic properties. Numerical studies include comparison of accuracy of the parameter estimates, estimating quantiles of the presented distributions, their graphical presentation and determination of power of our tests. The acquired theoretical knowledge is applied on real data which were analyzed using software Mathematica and R. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)