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| Reszat, Beate. |
| Recent debates about the state of Japan's financial system focus on the weakness of Japanese banks. But, in the complex financial relations of an advanced economy bank finance cannot be seen separate from other forms of financial intermediation. Despite the reform efforts under the Big Bang program, financial markets in Japan show severe signs of malfunctioning, distortion and backwardness. The paper gives an overview of the current state of markets for money, bonds, equities and derivatives arguing that for reform to become successful measures to develop an entirely different market culture were needed. It calls for a redefinition of the role of interest groups in the financial intermediation process - including the role of government. |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Financial Economics; E58; E62; G10; N25. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26335 |
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| Corsetti, Giancarlo; Pericoli, Marcello; Sbracia, Massimo. |
| This paper builds a general test of contagion in financial markets based on bivariate correlation analysis a test that can be interpreted as an extension of the normal correlation theorem. Contagion is defined as a structural break in the data generating process of rates of return. Using a factor model of returns as theoretical framework, we nest leading contributions in the literature as special cases of our test. We show that, while the literature on correlation analysis of contagion is successful in controlling for a potential bias induced by changes in the variance of global shocks, current tests are conditional on a specific yet arbitrary assumption about the variance of country specific shocks. Our results suggest that, for a number of pairs of... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Contagion; Financial crisis; Correlation analysis; Financial Economics; F30; C10; G10; G15. |
| Ano: 2001 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28420 |
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| Koch, Alexander K.; Lazarov, Zdravetz. |
| More liquid financial contracts are claimed to draw trading volume from contracts for which they are close substitutes. We provide the first analysis of how trading volume across existing financial contracts is affected by changes in the factors that govern the degree to which they are substitutes. Using data on DAX options with different strike prices, we identify these factors and their impact on the distribution of trades across contracts. The results are relevant for exchange design since they help gauge when options with different strike prices are good (bad) substitutes and the strike price grid should be coarse (fine). |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Clustering; Exchange Design; Options; Risk and Uncertainty; G10; G20; L15. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50155 |
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| Bogan, Vicki. |
| Despite the fact that 529 College Savings Plans have existed for over a decade, there has been limited scholarly attention on investment questions related to this savings vehicle. In some of the first academic literature on this topic, Alexander and Luna (Supplement 2005) identified a surprising relationship between 529 College Savings Plan participation and plan fees. They found a positive relationship between participation rates and fees. While they link this counterintuitive result to plan marketing efforts by brokers, I propose an alternative view. In my data which covers a five year time span, I find no significant relationship between participation rates and fees. However, when investigating the tax incidence with respect to 529 plans, I find a... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: 529 College Savings Plan; State tax rate; Financial Economics; G10; G11; H24; I22. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51127 |
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