This paper investigates the determinants of variations in the yield spreads between Japanese yen interest rate swaps and Japan government bonds for a period from 1997 to 2005. A smooth transition vector autoregressive (STVAR) model and generalized impulse response functions are used to analyze...

This paper analyzes the asymmetric impacts of various economic shocks on swap spreads under distinct Fed monetary policy regimes. The results indicate that (a) during periods of aggressive interest rate reductions, slope of the Treasury term structure accounts for a sizeable share of the swap...

In this paper we use a new method to rank finance journals and study the pattern of authorship/co-authorship across journals. Author Affiliation Index is a cost-effective and intuitively easy-to-understand approach to journal rankings. We define Author Affiliation Index as the ratio of articles...

This study documents the existence of mean reversion in three classes of preferred stock and high grade corporate bond returns. The lack of mean reversion in high grade preferred stock returns is consistent with the argument that high grade preferred stock resembles high grade corporate bonds...

This paper studies how economic policy uncertainty influences corporate investment for Chinese listed companies. We show that when the degree of economic policy uncertainty is higher, firms stand to lower their investment and vice versa. However, firms that have higher return on invested...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationships between the Index of Economic Freedom, equity market performance and its volatility. Design/methodology/approach – The paper examines whether the level of economic freedom is significant for a country's stock market...

We study compensation of college chief executives from 1997 to 2004. Although presidential salaries have acquired the attention of the media, Congress, and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in recent years, they are much below those of corporate CEOs. Compared with CEOs in corporations with...

Within a Markov regime-switching VAR framework, we investigate the contagion effects among the stock market, real estate market, credit default market, and energy market covering the most recent financial crisis period when markets experience regime shifts. The results demonstrate that the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationships between the Index of Economic Freedom, equity market performance and its volatility. Design/methodology/approach – The paper examines whether the level of economic freedom is significant for a country's stock market...