The forward unbiasedness regression is revisited by varying the prediction horizons from 1 day to 1 year. The panel data suggests some possibility of a positive slope coefficient at a short horizon while the negative coefficient improves forecasting performance at longer horizons

This paper discusses the firm-level determinants of international hotels' foreign markets entry choices, contrasting acquisition with management and franchise contracts, based on a resource-dependency perspective and appropriability theory. It points out that brand equity, relatedness of...

The continued development of artificial intelligence (AI) has changed production methods but may also pose challenges related to energy consumption; in addition, the effectiveness of AI differs across industries. Thus, to develop efficient policies, it is necessary to discuss the effect of AI...

We analyze the agricultural industrial competitiveness in China's 30 provinces (municipalities and autonomous regions), to provide a reference for the relevant state departments to develop the agricultural industry policy. Using factor analysis and expert consulting method, we determine the...

Simple trend-following strategies have been documented as cost-effective, transparent alternatives to the hedge-fund style Managed Futures strategies. While largely capturing the returns of the Managed Futures industry, those simple strategies may periodically suffer significant losses due to...

Motivated by a consumption-based asset pricing model, this paper checks the time horizon sensitivity of the forward premium puzzle from 1994 to 2004. The in-sample estimation shows that the longer the time horizon (up to 1 year), the more the future spot exchange return deviates from its...

This paper examines the gains of using high-frequency data in detecting volatility spillovers, risk hedging, and asset allocation. In particular, a realized covariation method based on intra-day US and Japan index funds data is compared with a bi-variate GARCH method based on the same data...

This paper discusses the firm-level determinants of international hotels' foreign markets entry choices, contrasting acquisition with management and franchise contracts, based on a resource-dependency perspective and appropriability theory. It points out that brand equity, relatedness of...

Developing efective strategies to earn excess returns in the stock market is a cuttingedge topic in the feld of economics. At the same time, stock price forecasting that supports trading strategies is considered one of the most challenging tasks. Therefore, this study analyzes and extracts news...

My dissertation studies the dynamics of primary commodity prices empirically and theoretically. In Chapter II, I provide empirical evidence on the time series behavior of commodity price movements. Employing monthly prices for 36 individual commodities, I find that the commodity price to CPI...