基于Heston模型时间一致的资产负债管理鲁棒策略

本文在非完备市场框架下，研究了时间一致的鲁棒最优投资组合选择问题。首先，假设金融市场由无风险资产和风险资产构成，其中风险资产的价格过程服从Heston随机波动率模型，且投资者面临一个不可控的外生负债。其次，应用随机最优控制理论，给出并证明了验证定理，建立了相应的拓展Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman(HJB)方程组，通过求解拓展的HJB方程组，得到了鲁棒均衡投资策略和值函数的显式解。最后，通过数值模拟，给出了模型参数变动对均衡投资策略和效用改善的影响。结果表明：(1) 当风险资产的价格和其波动的相关系数大于零时，股票方差的波动越大，越不利于投资。否则反之。(2) 当风险资产的价格和其波动的相关系数越大时，风险资产的风险就越大，投资者会采取保守的投资策略，减少投资。(3) 负债的波动率变大，投资者会面临更大的负债风险，为了对冲风险，投资者会增加风险资产的投资。(4) 当投资者考虑模型不确定的影响时，采用鲁棒投资策略能显著提高投资者的效用水平。     

考虑消费与投资者情绪的股票市场资产定价

首先基于现有相关研究成果从理论上建立了考虑消费与投资者情绪的资产定价模型,然后选取2005年5月~2018年4月期间的中国A股上市公司数据以及消费和投资者情绪数据,分别对构建的考虑消费与投资者情绪的模型以及CAPM、Fama-French三因子和五因子模型进行实证检验和比较分析.研究结果表明:1)在资产定价模型中引入消费和投资者情绪因子能够在理论上对CAPM、Fama-French三因子和五因子模型进行合理拓展和修正.2)从总体定价效率看,用消费和投资者情绪因子分别替代Fama-French三因子模型中的规模和账面市值比因子、Fama-French五因子模型中的盈利和投资因子,都能够提高资产定价效率;在考虑消费和投资者情绪因子后,Fama-French五因子模型中的盈利和投资因子不再能提高资产定价效率.本文研究结果基于消费和投资者情绪改善了Fama-French模型定价效率,在一定程度上丰富和完善了资产定价理论.     

投资者情绪生成机理的研究

基于标准金融理论与行为金融理论相结合的思想,力图刻画投资者情绪的生成机理。以引起投资者情绪变化的货币环境、市场收益、市场波动、相关资产收益等因素为起点,引入市场投资价值、市场预期两个中间变量,建立了包含直接和间接影响两类路径的投资者情绪生成概念模型。使用中国股市2014年7月1日至2017年3月31日间的667组日度数据,在VAR建模的基础上开展实证研究。实证结果表明市场收益对投资者情绪具有直接的正向影响,市场波动和相关资产收益两因素基于市场预期中介变量间接负向作用于投资者情绪,而修正后引入的经济周期波动变量可以基于市场投资价值中介变量对投资者情绪产生正向影响,并进一步发现了市场收益、市场投资价值与投资者情绪之间存在正反馈强化过程。研究揭示出了投资者情绪生成的影响因素体系及其实现路径,将该领域研究深入到机理分析层面,并从一个侧面佐证了中国股市过度投机行为的存在。     

基于投资者情绪的投资组合模型研究

本文在假设投资者风险厌恶、且其风险厌恶程度受其情绪影响的条件下,以投资者效用最大化为决策目标,建立基于投资者情绪的投资组合模型从理论上研究投资者情绪对投资组合结构及其收益-风险关系的影响。研究结果表明,当投资者过度乐观时,其将通过银行借贷融资等方式购买超额风险资产;当投资者情绪处于相对理性状态时,其将合理分配无风险资产和风险资产的投资比例;当投资者情绪处于悲观状态时,其将卖空风险资产。当投资者情绪处于过度乐观和相对理性状态时,投资组合预期超额收益与风险正相关;当投资者情绪处于悲观状态时,投资组合预期超额收益与风险负相关。论文研究结果修正了前人的相关研究结论,是对传统投资组合理论的深化和发展。     

基于异质性投资者的动态情绪资产定价

沿用基于消费的资产定价模型设定,将行为金融领域中离散时间框架下的情绪资产定价模型拓展到连续时间框架下,把异质性纳入Lucas纯交换经济体,构建了一个含有异质性投资者的动态情绪资产定价模型,并使用中央计划者问题求解出异质均衡.通过加入投资者情绪因子,本文得到情绪投资者的主观股利增长率,并将其用于动态异质情绪资产定价模型的框架中,以此刻画理性投资者和情绪投资者的异质性,研究结果表明投资者情绪是影响收益的重要因子.数值算例与敏感性分析表明投资者关于股利信息的错误预期将会导致横截面股价漂移率增大.     

高管决策的情绪调节机制：基于准实验现场的研究

近年来,情绪对于人类认知过程的作用正逐步受到研究者的重视,尤其是情绪对决策的影响备受关注。本文旨在对现有的国内外情绪与决策的相关理论进行梳理,基于心理认知理论和高层团队理论,构建出情绪调节对于高管团队决策的影响模型,之后采用了模拟真实的准实验方法对理论模型进行了验证。本文为未来情绪与决策的研究提供了可借鉴的研究思路和实验方法。     

市场情绪与基金投资策略：迎合还是修正?

基金投资策略选择是学术界、监管者和市场参与者共同关注的焦点.本文根据行为资产定价理论将基金投资策略量化为组合收益的市场情绪敏感度,首次在微观层面对其按照市场状态分类界定为迎合情绪策略与修正情绪策略,通过理论模型和实证检验探究基金的投资策略选择对其流量、风险和经理努力程度产生的系统影响,从行为委托代理视角剖析基金业绩的影响机制.研究发现：基金采取迎合策略时,对投资者特别是个体投资者更有吸引力,但会对投资者利益造成隐性侵害,表现为基金未来的风险增大、收益降低,且基金经理在无需付出更多努力的情况下可获得更高报酬.进一步分析表明,基金经理为取悦投资者的消极放任行为是其业绩表现不佳的重要原因;基金采取修正策略时,产生的系列影响则完全相反.本研究为中小投资者的投资实践、基金治理与监管,及解释基金市场异象提供了新的思路与启示.     

基于投资者异质信念的均衡资产定价模型研究

在行为金融框架下,采用投资者在价格期望方面存在的意见分歧来表征投资者异质信念,构建投资者异质信念下的均衡资产定价模型,从理论上证明投资者异质信念是影响资产价格的重要因素,投资者信念差异程度与均衡价格同向变动,并以封闭式基金折价为例说明该模型对金融市场价格异象的解释力.为检验理论模型的结论,选取中国股票市场数据构建计量经济模型,对投资者异质信念程度及其波动性对资产价格的影响进行实证分析,实证结果支持理论模型的结论.实证结果还发现,投资者异质信念的条件波动性变量系数显著,对股市收益率有显著的影响,说明投资者异质信念的波动对股市价格指数有显著的溢出效应,信息的传递效率会影响投资者的意见分歧程度,因此有效的信息披露机制能够更好地减少异质信念带来的股价高估问题.     

基于信息更新的动态资产组合选择

本文研究了不完全信息下风险资产收益前两阶矩的参数不确定性对动态资产组合选择的影响。首先,在连续时间下假设资产价格服从随机扩散过程,引入参数不确定性,运用随机控制方法推导出风险资产最优选择的封闭解,给出定性分析。其次,在离散时间下用一阶自回归模型描述风险资产收益动态,基于贝叶斯分析框架,以上证综合指数不同区间段的两个样本做实证研究。结果表明,当投资者的风险规避程度大于(小于)对数效用时,参数不确定性将导致负(正)的投资期效应;当投资者在估计过程中运用较多的历史数据、或者风险规避程度增加时,参数不确定性的影响将减弱;参数不确定性下的资产组合选择可解释风险溢价之迷。研究说明了在动态资产组合选择过程中应考虑参数不确定性问题。     

基于BW模型的A股市场投资者情绪测度研究

投资者情绪因其内在复杂性和动态变化性,使得准确测度尤为困难。本文通过对情绪测度理论方法进行系统分析,结合中国证券市场具体情境,基于BW模型选取市场换手率等6个情绪指标,利用主成分分析法构建以月度为单位的中国证券市场投资者情绪指数。对于部分情绪指标计算公式进行调整和完善以及通过与宏观数据进行正交回归剔除指标中非情绪因素。最后通过与上证综指进行Eyeball分析,发现所构建情绪指数可以准确测度投资者的普遍情绪,从而验证了情绪指数的有效性。     

Educational Landscapes and Urban Development. Contextual and Spatial Interfaces and Linkages

In the broad sociopolitical discussion on education quality within the last decade, it has become apparent that education is gaining importance for urban development, as well as space and the urban context are important dimensions of education. This becomes particularly evident in concepts for local educational landscapes (Ger. Bildungslandschaften). The young field of research on educational landscapes is currently lacking empirical research from spatial and planning sciences. In the paper, the current state of scientific research on educational landscapes in Germany and Europe and first insights to contextual and spatial interfaces and linkages between education and urban development in general are presented.     

Inventory Models with Continuous and Poisson Demands and Discounted and Average Costs

We develop a new, unified approach to treating continuous‐time stochastic inventory problems with both the average and discounted cost criteria. The approach involves the development of an adjusted discounted cycle cost formula, which has an appealing intuitive interpretation. We show for the first time that an (s, S) policy is optimal in the case of demand having a compound Poisson component as well as a constant rate component. Our demand structure simultaneously generalizes the classical EOQ model and the inventory models with Poisson demand, and we indicate the reasons why this task has been a difficult one. We do not require the surplus cost function to be convex or quasi‐convex as has been assumed in the literature. Finally, we show that the optimal s is unique, but we do not know if optimal S is unique.     

E-governance and Corruption-developments and Issues in Ethiopia

This paper reports the results of a survey of 400 respondents in Ethiopia about factors generating corruption and the potential of e-Governance to mitigate corruption. It is suggested that e-Governance can help not only in weeding out corruption but also in the establishment of sounder government citizen relationships in Ethiopia. While e-Governance cannot cure all the structural factors that breed corruption in the society, strategic implementation of e-Governance can help improve the critical variable in combating corruption-government citizen relationships. It is argued that while e-Governance initiatives can make important contributions to improving public services they can best do so by helping improve overall relationships between governments and citizens.

CEO and Chairperson characteristics and firm performance

This paper focuses on the relationship between Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chairperson characteristics and firm performance. Specifically, the study examines the association between the characteristics of the CEO and the Chairperson of the board and firm performance. Using a sample of S&P 500 firms, the evidence found suggests that demographic and experience-related characteristics may be associated with the market valuation and financial performance of the firm. In particular, the reported results indicate a positive relationship between the presence of female CEOs or Chairs and firm performance, thus suggesting that gender-based differences may affect the CEO’s/Chairperson’s success. Moreover, the findings concerning the age of the CEO or Chair are mixed, while their experience and quality appear positively related to firm performance. Interestingly, a CEO or Chairperson holding multiple board seats is negatively associated with firm performance, whereas CEO duality has a positive relationship with Tobin’s Q and the return on assets (ROA) of the firm.     

David and Goliath: causes and effects of coopetition between start-ups and corporates

Coopetition (collaboration between competitors) among young firms (i.e. start-ups) and larger, more established firms (i.e. corporates) may be beneficial for both partners as each party typically has something to offer that is missing in the other. Start-ups often develop innovative ideas, are flexible and agile, willing to take risks, and aspire to achieve high growth, but they tend to lack the required resources, capabilities, and knowledge due to their newness and smallness. Corporates have resources, routines, and experience that enable them to work efficiently but lack a certain innovation capability. Research has suggested that coopetition represents an opportunity for start-ups facing restrictions in resources, while corporates benefit from start-ups’ innovative ideas. However, it is yet unknown whether start-ups and corporates engage in coopetition with each other and, if so, how and why they do this. This study seeks to fill this void by exploring the motives of coopeting start-ups and corporates, how they manage their coopetitive relationship, and what implications occur including potential benefits and risks. We present a multiple case study based on qualitative data collected through 70 interviews with Austrian-based start-ups and corporates representing 35 coopetitive partnerships. Discussing the findings based on our data, we propose relationships concerning coopetition and its role to enlarge resource- and technology-bases as well as its role in the development of dynamic capabilities.     

Career orientations and career success among research,and development and engineering professionals

Managing the careers of research, development and engineering (RD&E) professionals is important to the strategic use of RD&E in the economy. Appropriate mechanisms for motivating RD&E professionals will probably emerge as a critical success factor for organizations that want to compete in world markets. This study examines dimensions and levels of career orientation and their correlations with individual and work-related outcome variables among 78 RD&E professionals. The findings reveal a rich diversity of career orientation in RD&E professionals. The data strongly suggest that RD&E professionals are service, lifestyle and security oriented. However, they scored low on technical orientation and entrepreneurship. This paper suggests that the dual career ladder is not an effective device for managing RD&E professionals. Organizations must be careful to provide career paths that retain and motivate workers and, more importantly, find matches between organizational needs and individuals' needs, and restructure jobs accordingly. The authors offer suggestions for future research and identify implications for management.     

Modeling Pathology Workload and Complexity to Manage Risks and Improve Patient Quality and Safety

Anatomic pathology (AP) laboratories provide critical diagnostic information that help determine patient treatments and outcomes, but the risks of AP operations and their impact on patient safety and quality of care remain poorly recognized and undermanaged. Hospital-based laboratories face an operational and risk management challenge because clinical work of unknown quantity and complexity arrives with little advance notice, which results in fluctuations in workload that can push operations beyond planned capacity, leading to diagnostic delays and potential errors. Modeling the dynamics of workload and complexity in AP offers the opportunity to better use available information to manage risks. We developed a stock-and-flow model of a typical AP laboratory operation and identified key exogenous inputs that drive AP work. To test the model, we generated training and validations data sets by combining data from the electronic medical records and laboratory information systems over multiple years. We demonstrate the implementation of 10-day AP work forecast generated on a daily basis, and show its performance in comparison with actual work. Although the model somewhat underpredicts work as currently implemented, it provides a framework for prospective management of resources to ensure quality during workload surges. Although full implementation requires additional model development, we show that AP workload largely depends on few and accessible clinical inputs. Recognizing that level loading of work in a hospital is not practical, predictive modeling of work can empower laboratories to triage, schedule, or mobilize resources more effectively and better manage risks that reduce the quality or timeliness of diagnostic information.     

Work and shopping overflow — Consequences and differentiation among selected psychological and demographic characteristics

Contemporary individuals are forced to deal with excessive stimulation, which causes an overload in the cognitive and emotional areas. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the possible factors differentiating the perceived level of work and shopping overflow experienced by individuals and consequences of these states. Two psychological variables: cognitive control and sensation seeking, are chosen as potential factors differentiating the perceived levels of overflow. We assume that individuals with high cognitive control and sensation seeking will report lower levels of both types of examined overflows. Experiencing low overflow levels may manifest in the search for additional stimuli, rather than in the desire to limit them. Two indexes of behavior connected to seeking extra stimulation are selected: one belonging to the area of consumer behavior (readiness to participate in the experience economy) and one belonging to vocational behavior (choosing a boundaryless career). The quantitative study is conducted on a sample of 297 management students who are currently employed. The research results support the relation between cognitive control and perceived level of work and shopping overflow. Individuals who can cognitively control the situation and the incoming stimuli report lower levels of overflow. No significant relationship between sensation seeking and the level of overflow is found. The demographic variables that influence the perceived overflow are age and salary for work overflow and age for shopping overflow. As far as consequences of overflow are concerned, a low level of shopping overflow is related to readiness to participate in the experience economy. However, there is no link between work overflow and preferred career pattern. The managerial implications for human resource management and marketing strategy design are discussed.     

Review and reappraisal of modelling and predicting mental workload in single- and multi-task environments

The concept of mental workload has long been recognized as an important factor in individual performance within complex systems. It is documented that either overload or underload may degrade performance, and further affect the efficiency of the whole system. Therefore, systems designers need some explicit models to predict the mental workload imposed on individuals by the system at an early design phase so that alternative system designs can be evaluated. In examining mental-workload literature, it is found that few predictive mental-workload models have considered factors specific to individuals. This research aims to develop a practical framework for predicting mental workload in both single- and multi-task environments considering such individual factors. In order to describe mental workload more precisely and more completely, a framework for mentalworkload definitions, which contains instantaneous workload, average workload, accumulated workload, peak workload and overall workload, is proposed. In order to model individual factors, two new variables, i.e. effective workload and ineffective workload, are introduced to model the taskgenerated workload and individual-generated workload. The extension of the model to multi-task environments is also discussed. The proposed conceptual models are domain-independent and could be used to guide the development of operational models for different specific tasks.