HEAVY-TAILED-DISTRIBUTED THRESHOLD STOCHASTIC VOLATILITY MODELS IN FINANCIAL TIME SERIES

To capture mean and variance asymmetries and time‐varying volatility in financial time series, we generalize the threshold stochastic volatility (THSV) model and incorporate a heavy‐tailed error distribution. Unlike existing stochastic volatility models, this model simultaneously accounts for uncertainty in the unobserved threshold value and in the time‐delay parameter. Self‐exciting and exogenous threshold variables are considered to investigate the impact of a number of market news variables on volatility changes. Adopting a Bayesian approach, we use Markov chain Monte Carlo methods to estimate all unknown parameters and latent variables. A simulation experiment demonstrates good estimation performance for reasonable sample sizes. In a study of two international financial market indices, we consider two variants of the generalized THSV model, with US market news as the threshold variable. Finally, we compare models using Bayesian forecasting in a value‐at‐risk (VaR) study. The results show that our proposed model can generate more accurate VaR forecasts than can standard models.     

Horwitz's rule, transforming both sides and the design of experiments for mechanistic models

Summary. The paper develops methods for the design of experiments for mechanistic models when the response must be transformed to achieve symmetry and constant variance. The power transformation that is used is partially justified by a rule in analytical chemistry. Because of the nature of the relationship between the response and the mechanistic model, it is necessary to transform both sides of the model. Expressions are given for the parameter sensitivities in the transformed model and examples are given of optimum designs, not only for single-response models, but also for experiments in which multivariate responses are measured and for experiments in which the model is defined by a set of differential equations which cannot be solved analytically. The extension to designs for checking models is discussed.     

论新时期我国图书馆的服务功能与服务方式

新时期 ,新形势。随着我国社会主义市场经济体制的逐步建立 ,加入 WTO而融入世界经济发展大循环以及知识经济时代的到来 ,我国图书馆面临前所未有的机遇与挑战 ,要求图书馆要适应这种形势的变化 ,提供新的服务功能并采取新的服务方式。     

多媒体英语教学的优势

本文旨在通过提出多媒体教学手段的多种优势以及诸多专家学者的观点,同时谈到笔者在使用多媒体进行外语教学过程中的一些切身体会,进行理论和实践上的论证,以发掘外语教学中利用多媒体教学手段进行创新性“教”与自主性“学”的可能性,并进一步加强学生的自主性学习以及自我调节性学习,使外语教师更加高效地利用多媒体的优势进行理想的外语教学,同时使外语教学手段更加具有开放性和实践性。     

企业的合约经济理论探索和统计检验

对企业本质的认识是微观经济学中的一个重要问题,其对中国的国企改革有着重要意义。本文中,我们对企业的合约本质进行了经济理论探索和统计检验,并突出关注企业的激励合约问题。     

景颇族居住环境及文化分析

影响居住环境的有地理和人文两大因素。该文在分析景颇族居住环境的基础上 ,通过对组成景颇族居住环境的地貌、植物、建筑、小品、装饰、民族风情广场等要素的特色进一步地分析 ,探讨了景颇族文化的内涵。尝试为多元化的现代园林设计提供富有民族特色的素材。     

知识的价值决定——一种基于理论的探讨

劳动价值理论是经济学的基本理论。经济学价值论的使命是说明商品交换价值的决定和运动规律。新经济时代正在到来,人类生产方式也正在发生广泛而深刻的变化,价值决定理论也将随着现实经济的发展而发展。在知识经济时代,商品同样有一个客观的交换基础——劳动时间,但所有商品的价值已不完全由社会必要劳动时间确定,特别是知识产品的价值量是由个别劳动时间确定的。     

Estimation of Metabolic Rate Constants in PBPK‐Models from Liver Slice Experiments: What Are the Experimental Needs?

A mechanistic model is presented describing the clearance of a compound in a precision-cut liver slice that is incubated in a culture medium. The problem of estimating metabolic rate constants in PBPK models from liver slice experiments is discussed using identifiability analysis. From the identifiability problem analysis, it appears that in addition to the clearance, the compound's free fraction in the slice and the diffusion rate of the exchange of the compound between culture medium and liver slice should be identified. In addition, knowledge of the culture medium volume, the slice volume, the compound's free fraction, and octanol-water-based partition between medium and slice is presupposed. The formal solution for identification is discussed from the perspective of experimental practice. A formally necessary condition for identification is the sampling of parent compound in liver slice or culture medium. However, due to experimental limitations and errors, sampling the parent compound in the slice together with additional sampling of metabolite pooled from the medium and the slice is required for identification in practice. Moreover, it appears that identification results are unreliable when the value of the intrinsic clearance exceeds the value of the diffusion coefficient, a condition to be verified a posteriori.     

企业生态质量控制评价指标体系研究

生态质量管理理念的产生是可持续发展理论向质量管理理论渗透的结果。在介绍生态质量管理理念产生的基础上,提出从环境、顾客生态满意度、职业安全健康和企业生存能力四个方面评价企业的生态质量管理,并设计了相应的指标体系。