中国新凯恩斯主义菲利普斯曲线的经验研究

 本文构建了附加利率的新凯恩斯主义菲利普斯曲线模型,并运用广义矩估计的研究方法,运用中国1997 -2008年的季度数据对所构建的模型进行了估计与检验。经验结果表明,利率作为通货膨胀的驱动因素在统计和经济意义上都具有显著性,并且较国外许多国家更明显;当期通货膨胀动态变化受通货膨胀惯性和预期的共同影响,而预期起主导作用;厂商的定价行为既有前瞻性,又有后顾性,但后顾性处于主导地位。     

中国利率期限结构与货币政策联合建模的实证研究

本文采用卡尔曼滤波和极大似然函数估计方法对中国无套利利率期限结构与货币政策联合建模进行估计,实证结果显示通货膨胀目标值对利率期限结构的冲击是扩张性和持续性的,对于所有到期期限都是持续上升的;货币政策冲击对利率期限结构冲击的效应则是递减的,对利率期限结构曲线的斜率影响较显著;通货膨胀冲击对利率期限结构曲线的曲度影响较显著。模型样本外预测大大优于VAR模型。研究结果表明,本文构建模型一方面有助于对利率期限结构的预测,另一方面有助于央行制定前瞻有效的货币政策。     

非线性协整检验与“费雪效应”机制分析

本文分别在线性Engle-Granger协整模型和非线性指数平滑迁移自回归误差修正模型 (ESTAR-ECM) 的框架下,对我国名义利率与通货膨胀率序列进行了长期均衡关系的检验。发现线性协整模型不能捕捉到我国名义利率与通货膨胀率的长期均衡关系,而对于ESTAR-ECM模型,无论利用商业银行1年期贷款利率还是7天期银行间同业拆借利率作为名义利率的代理变量,均证实名义利率与通货膨胀率具有长期稳定的均衡关系,表明“费雪效应”在我国是成立的。但由于“费雪效应”系数小于1,表明名义利率与通货膨胀率之间仅存在弱的“费雪效应”。其意义在于,我国利率政策对稳定通胀预期、抑制通货膨胀具有一定的正面效应,但由于利率对通货膨胀反应不足,导致完全依靠利率政策控制目前较高的通货膨胀有一定的困难。     

人民币汇率应对美国非对称冲击的缓冲机制及效应分析

 本文依据汇率决定理论,构建包含人民币汇率、中美两国GDP、通货膨胀率和利率的向量自回归模型,并基于结构向量误差修正模型（SVECM）方法,识别了包含巴拉萨——萨缪尔森效应的人民币汇率决定方程及人民币汇率传递效应方程,进一步应用方差分解判断了中短期内人民币汇率应对源自美国的非对称冲击的缓冲机制。结果表明,人民币汇率长期升值趋势的根本动因是中国产出及通胀水平相对美国的提高,而汇率传递效应则是不完全的。在1-2年内,人民币汇率的波动来源主要受源自美国的需求冲击(实际冲击)影响,而在3-5年内则主要受美国货币政策扰动（名义冲击）影响。因此,央行重启人民币“汇改”将增强人民币汇率应对外部冲击的缓冲作用。     

宏观经济因素对房地产价格的长短期影响

本文将购房者、房产商与中央银行纳入统一的模型当中,对房价的影响因素进行理论建模,然后拓展了传统的向量自回归模型长短期分解技术,研究了利率、通货膨胀率、汇率、土地价格以及经济增长率对房价的长期和短期影响。研究表明,利率上升对房价具有长期的负向效应,短期内会加剧房价的波动;通胀预期在长期内促使资金流入房地产行业,对房价会产生推动作用,短期内,通胀促使房地产企业加快投资速度,房屋供给增加预期引起房价下降的冲击;人民币升值在长短期内均与房价上涨存在正向作用;在当前的经济和房地产发展阶段,经济增速提高时,对房地产业的投资和投机具有一定的抑制作用;土地价格长期来看推动房价上涨,短期内对房价影响的传导较慢。     

信心、货币政策与中国经济波动关系的统计检验

文章基于时变视角,依据行为经济学理论,构建了一个包含企业家信心、投资者信心、利率、货币增长率、经济增长率和通货膨胀率六变量的TVP-VAR模型,研究信心、货币政策与经济波动之间的时变特征。结果表明:企业家信心和投资者信心能够影响利率和货币增长率,即信心可以通过影响货币政策进而作用于宏观经济。货币增长率和利率能够影响投资者信心和企业家信心,进而可以通过信心影响宏观经济。从时变角度看,企业家信心一单位的正向冲击在整个样本区间内均会促进经济的增长;在短期内投资者信心和货币增长率对经济增长具有促进作用,但是在长期内货币增长率的提高会阻碍经济的增长。     

我国费雪效应的非参数检验

本文基于我国1990:01—2007:04期间的名义利率与通货膨胀率月度数据非线性变化的特征,应用非参数单位根和非参数协整理论检验我国是否存在费雪效应, 进而应用非参数局部线性变窗宽估计计算我国的费雪系数。由此产生的结论为：第一,非参数单位根检验发现我国名义利率与通货膨胀率都是非平稳的单位根过程;第二,非参数协整检验的结论为, 我国名义利率与通胀变化率之间存在长期的非线性协整关系, 这一结论表明我国至少存在弱的费雪效应;第三,非参数局部线性变窗宽估计计算的费雪效应(系数)的均值为0.4055,这一结果进一步支持我国存在弱的费雪效应,其隐含的意义为,当前加息对稳定通胀将产生正面效应,进一步, 如适时适度的调整利率, 很可能抑制当前较高的CPI向高通胀的转化。     

A New Model of Trend Inflation

This article introduces a new model of trend inflation. In contrast to many earlier approaches, which allow for trend inflation to evolve according to a random walk, ours is a bounded model which ensures that trend inflation is constrained to lie in an interval. The bounds of this interval can either be fixed or estimated from the data. Our model also allows for a time-varying degree of persistence in the transitory component of inflation. In an empirical exercise with CPI inflation, we find the model to work well, yielding more sensible measures of trend inflation and forecasting better than popular alternatives such as the unobserved components stochastic volatility model. This article has supplementary materials online.     

我国通货膨胀运动阶段的非线性平滑转换

本文分别构建了两、三以及四机制C-STAR模型来研究我国通货膨胀的非线性运动特征。实证结果表明：我国通胀率是平稳的非线性均值回归过程,依据三机制模型划分的通缩、通缩-通胀中间态以及通胀的三阶段能很好地刻画我国通货膨胀的运动特点;但是把我国通胀率划分为通缩、通胀适中、温和通胀和高通胀的四阶段能进一步提高模型的解释与拟合能力。我们详细阐述了通货膨胀在不同阶段的转换特点以及持久性与不确定性特征,发现通货膨胀的持久性与不确定性成反向非线性关系,与水平值的大小没有必然联系。在温和通胀阶段,其持久性最强,不确定性最小;在通胀适中阶段,其持久性最弱,不确定性最大。另外,温和通胀阶段也是最优通胀目标区间,为了保持经济的稳定增长,央行应把通胀率控制在该区间内。最后,本文给出了实证结果所蕴含的政策涵义。     

通货膨胀的宏观经济影响因素分析

本文首先利用贝叶斯向量自回归（BVAR）模型,分析了通货膨胀对宏观经济的冲击响应及其剧烈程度。然后,利用门限模型验证了通货膨胀在不同变量作为门限变量情况下的门限效应。结果表明：通货膨胀对六个因素冲击的反应程度各异,其中,对流动性过剩的反应程度最强,对股票价格、产出缺口和国际油价的反应适度,对实际有效汇率和房价的反应较弱;股票价格、汇率和国际油价具有明显的门限特征,它们分别将通货膨胀分为高低两种区制状态。以上结果有利于我们更好地认识通货膨胀的反应机制,采用合理的经济政策应对通货膨胀。     

Type-I-error rate inflation in mixed models for repeated measures caused by ambiguous or incomplete model specifications

Pre-specification of the primary analysis model is a pre-requisite to control the family-wise type-I-error rate (T1E) at the intended level in confirmatory clinical trials. However, mixed models for repeated measures (MMRM) have been shown to be poorly specified in study protocols. The magnitude of a resulting T1E rate inflation is still unknown. This investigation aims to quantify the magnitude of the T1E rate inflation depending on the type and number of unspecified model items as well as different trial characteristics. We simulated a randomized, double-blind, parallel group, phase III clinical trial under the assumption that there is no treatment effect at any time point. The simulated data was analysed using different clusters, each including several MMRMs that are compatible with the imprecise pre-specification of the MMRM. T1E rates for each cluster were estimated. A significant T1E rate inflation could be shown for ambiguous model specifications with a maximum T1E rate of 7.6% [7.1%; 8.1%]. The results show that the magnitude of the T1E rate inflation depends on the type and number of unspecified model items as well as the sample size and allocation ratio. The imprecise specification of nuisance parameters may not lead to a significant T1E rate inflation. However, the results of this simulation study rather underestimate the true T1E rate inflation. In conclusion, imprecise MMRM specifications may lead to a substantial inflation of the T1E rate and can damage the ability to generate confirmatory evidence in pivotal clinical trials.     

如何核算存贷款类金融资产名义利息）——1993年SNA《第19章附录二》中核算方法的刍议

 1993年SNA正文中建议在低通货膨胀率情况下,原始收入分配账户、收入再分配账户中记录名义利息。如果出现高通货膨胀率,则参考1993年SNA《第19章附录二》（以下简称《附录二》）提出的核算方法,即一方面在原始收入分配账户和收入再分配账户中记录实际利息,如果实际利息为负数,则以0代替;另一方面在重估价账户中记录资产的名义持有损益,并分解为中性持有损益和实际持有损益。1996年经济合作与发展组织（简称经合组织）出版的《通货膨胀核算：高通货膨胀情况下国民核算手册》（以下简称《通货膨胀核算》）中提出了与此不同的核算方法。按照《通货膨胀核算》中提出的方法,原始收入分配账户和收入再分配账户中,不管实际利息是正数还是负数,都如实记录实际利息,将通常意义的名义利息中用于补偿通货膨胀损失的那一部分看作是债务人向债权人提供的一笔资本转移,并记录在资本账户中,而重估价账户中则不记录。此方法提出来以后,引起国际上国民经济核算领域许多专家学者的关注,有人赞同,也有人反对。笔者认为《通货膨胀核算》中提出的核算方法更能反映经济现实。本文讨论《附录二》中核算方法存在的主要问题,供国名经济核算领域同仁们参考。     

The Estimation of Food Expenditures From Household Budget Data in the Presence of Bulk Purchases

The aim of this article is the estimation of annual food expenditures with limited information about bulk purchases with data from a Spanish household-budget survey for 1990—1991. Three alternatives are compared. The first, currently used for official purposes, does not use all the information. The second uses all the available information in a rough way. The third assumes a formal model for the unknown frequency of purchases. The three alternatives are compared by a regression model that should be homogeneous with respect to the dummy variables that represent the partial information of the groups and should show a distinct pattern of outliers under each alternative. Finally, we study the effect of the official and the best alternative on food inflation and inequality measures. We find that they lead to similar inflation rates but to different inequality estimates.     

Forecasting power-transformed time series data

When there is an interest in forecasting the growth rates as well as the levels of a single macro-economic time series, a practitioner faces the question of whether a forecasting model should be constructed for growth rates, for levels, or for both. In this paper, we investigate this issue for 10 US (un-)employment series, where we evaluate the forecasts from a non-linear time series model for power-transformed data. Our main finding is that models for growth rates (levels) do not automatically result in the most accurate forecasts of growth rates (levels).     

Estimation of the transition behaviour of term structures of interest rates

The current prices and interest rate sensitivities of interest rate derivatives depend on the stochastic behaviour of future term structures of interest rates. In this paper we present an arbitrage-free trinomial model to characterize possible changes of interest rates. This model is used to estimate the transition behaviour of term structures of interest rates in the German bond market. Research support from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft under the project Bu 671-2 within the Schwerpunktprogramm “Empirische Kapitalmarktforschung” is gratefully acknowledged. Comments by the editor, G. Bamberg, on an earlier version of this paper are very much appreciated.     

Inflation and the Divergence of Relative Prices: Evidence from a Cointegration Analysis

The relation between inflation and RPV plays a prominent role in explaining the costs of inflation. This study investigates whether the CPI subcategories drift apart more over a period of high inflation rates than during one of low inflation. The wider dispersion of the subcategories is reflected in an increasing number of common stochastic trends in the system of sub price indices. The results for US data as well as for cross-country comparisons indicate that the influence of inflation on the dispersion of relative prices cannot be revealed by counting cointegrating relations. Thus, the number of stochastic trends or cointegrating relations is not a reliable indicator for the distorting effect of inflation on the dispersion of relative prices.     

中国财政政策通货膨胀效应的实证研究

 全球金融危机使各国财政赤字激增,通胀问题日益严重,通胀治理成为各国关注的焦点。与货币数量理论相比,新近发展的价格水平决定的财政理论（FTPL）对于解释通货膨胀的成因和提出通胀治理建议更有优势。本文基于FTPL视角,选取我国1982—2011年度数据,应用状态空间模型识别政策在价格决定中的作用区制,结果表明1982—1996为M区制,1997—2011为F区制;再选取1997—2011季度数据,应用SVAR法结合货币政策研究F区制下财政政策对通货膨胀的短期和长期动态效应,实证研究表明财政政策比货币政策对通胀的影响更大,而且财政政策对通货膨胀有长期效应,结合中国经济的实际情况,我们认为货币政策不是导致近年来通胀的主要成因,抑制通胀要依靠财政政策,应实行相机选择的财政政策来实现物价稳定和经济可持续发展的宏观调控目标。     

Dynamics of the term structure of interest rates and monetary policy: is monetary policy effective during zero interest rate policy?

The monetary policy targets the short rates; however, during zero interest rate policy (ZIRP), the short end of the yield curve cannot serve as a policy instrument. Relying on the joint yields-macro latent factors model, this study empirically examines the effect of monetary policy stances on term structure and the possible feedback effect on the real sector using the Japanese experience of ZIRP. The analysis indicates that it is the entire term structure that transmits the policy shocks to the real economy rather than the yield spread only. The monetary policy signals pass through the yield curve level and slope factors to stimulate the economic activity. The curvature factor, besides reflecting the cyclical fluctuations of the economy, acts as a leading indicator for future inflation. In addition, policy influence tends to be low as the short end becomes segmented toward medium/long-term of the yield curve. Furthermore, volatility in bond markets is found to be asymmetrically affected by positive and negative shocks and long end tends to be less sensitive to stochastic shocks than the short maturities. The expectation hypothesis of the term structure does not hold during the ZIRP period.     

在岸离岸人民币利率极端风险溢出研究

本文采用递归MVMQ-CAViaR模型,对境内外人民币利率极端风险溢出效应进行实证检验。结果表明：境内外人民币利率存在极端风险溢出效应,短期品种表现出显著的双向极端风险溢出,而长期品种以在岸利率对离岸利率单向极端风险溢出为主。在极端风险层面在岸市场仍然处于利率信息的中心地位,且暂时没有旁落离岸市场的担忧。一旦离岸人民币利率发生极端变动,央行会及时进行干预并引导市场参与者预期,降低在岸利率未来的极端风险水平;但面对小的离岸市场冲击,央行更倾向于让在岸利率进行自我调节,离岸冲击会提高在岸利率未来的极端风险水平。本文构建的模型具有较好的预测能力,有助于金融监管部门对离岸利率极端风险进行动态准确地管理。     

信心如何影响中国通货膨胀

在Galí and Gertler（1999）的基础上,本文通过假设成本加成定价幅度是信心的函数,构造了基于信心的新凯恩斯菲利普斯曲线,并通过VAR模型和BVAR模型实证研究了信心是否能够影响中国通货膨胀。研究发现,企业家信心指数能够影响中国通胀,而消费者信心指数无法影响中国通胀;企业家信心指数对通货膨胀的影响机制类似于总需求冲击影响机制;VAR模型和BVAR模型的结论基本一致,这证实了本文结论的稳健性。