This study 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...

We study the autocorrelation and conditional volatility of the hourly Dow Jones Industrial Index return data from October 1974 to September 2002 using an exponential asymmetric AR-GARCH specification with a generalized error distribution. Our findings document a positive autocorrelation in...

We decompose P/E ratios into a fundamental component and a residual component that cannot be explained by the firm or economic fundamentals. Purging the fundamental component from observed P/E ratios, we find that portfolios based on residual P/E ratios exhibit performance reversal only in...

We examine market behavior of the stock and option markets upon the arrival of noisy information in the form of CNBC's Mad Money recommendations. If stock and option markets are not equally efficient, they should respond differently to noisy information, with the less efficient market more...