Download or read book Estimating the Arbitrage Pricing Theory with Observed Macro Factors written by John Elder and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analytical results are presented that drastically simplify joint estimation of the APT by Non-linear SUR and maximum likelihood when the factors are measured. Four alternative analytical expressions for calculating standard errors are also presented.Please see published version in Economics Letters for full text and equations.

Download or read book The Sensitivity of Secondary Sovereign Loan Market Returns to Macroeconomlc Fundamentals written by International Monetary Fund and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 1990-06-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sensitivity of secondary sovereign loan market returns to three classes of economic news is estimated in the arbitrage pricing theory framework. Returns are characterized by a limited response to unexpected changes in procyclical U.S. aggregates. Shocks to country-specific balance of payment indicators do not impact debt prices. Announcements of policy changes by creditors and third parties that presage changes in future lending induce large debt price changes. The failure of the data to meet the empirical arbitrage pricing theory restrictions and the large proportion of return variance unexplained by macroeconomic fundamentals highlight the differences between corporate and sovereign securities.

Download or read book Macroeconomic Risk and Asset Pricing written by John Ammer and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book New Methods for the Arbitrage Pricing Theory and the Present Value Model written by Jianping Mei and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1994 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book consists of two essays on new approaches for the Arbitrage Pricing Theory and the Present Value Model, and one essay on cross-sectional correlations in panel data. The new approaches are designed to study a large number of securities over time. They can be employed by security analysts to discover market anomalies without assuming observable factors or constant risk premium. The book shows how these two approaches can be used to determine how many systematic factors affect the U.S. stock market.

Download or read book Underspecification in the Macroeconomic Arbitrage Pricing Theory APT Linear Factor Model and the Role of the Residual Market Factor written by Jan Jakub Szczygielski and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The linear factor model is a building block of the Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT). Macroeconomic factors may be used in linear factor models to proxy for the pervasive influences in returns. However, as the true return generating process is unobservable, macroeconomic data is either inaccurate or unavailable and because of the principle of parsimony, the linear factor model is likely to suffer from factor omission and consequent underspecification. Underspecification may adversely affect the interpretation of results, introduce coefficient bias, result in an upward bias in the residual variance and adversely affect predictive ability. The diagonality assumption that underlies the APT linear factor model will also be violated. Consequently, underspecification may pose a challenge to the general validity and interpretation of the linear factor model and the APT model. A widely applied solution to omitted factor bias in APT literature is the Burmeister and Wall (1986) residual market factor, hypothesised to fulfil the role of a wide-ranging proxy for omitted factors. This factor is derived from a broad market aggregate by excluding the influence of other factors that feature in a given linear factor model. This study sets out to determine whether the use of a conventional residual market factor derived from a domestic market aggregate adequately resolves underspecification. This study also considers the impact of underspecification on the linear factor model. The role of a second residual market factor derived from a widely used global market index, the MSCI World Market Index, in resolving factor omission is also considered. A second residual market factor that is orthogonal by contribution to the factor set in the linear factor model should be irrelevant if a conventional residual market factor is an adequate proxy for omitted factors. Consequently, the second residual market factor in this study also fulfils the function of a test of the adequacy of the conventional residual market factor. The approach in this study is comparative; three reduced form models are juxtaposed against a benchmark model and each other. The benchmark model incorporates a macroeconomic factor set, two residual market factors and a factor analytic augmentation as proxies for any remaining unobserved and omitted factors. Each specification is estimated using maximum likelihood (ML) estimation. Conditional variance is modelled as an ARCH(p) or GARCH(p, q) process to permit the structure of conditional variance to enter coefficient estimates and to provide insight into the conditional variance structure of the residuals. It is hypothesised that if factor omission has no impact on representations of the linear factor model and if the residual market factor is an effective and adequate proxy for omitted factors, then a model that comprises macroeconomic factors and a residual market factor should be comparable to the benchmark model in terms of results, general inferences and other aspects. This study finds that a linear factor model incorporating only macroeconomic factors performs poorly. The significance of factors is understated and the model is misidentified. Standard errors and residual variance are inflated, coefficients are biased and predictive and explanatory performance is poor. Significant deviations from the true return generating process are observed and the diagonality assumption is violated. The incorporation of a single residual market factor improves such a specification although there is still evidence of significant omitted factor bias. Violations of the diagonality assumption continue to persist but are not as widespread as for the specification that solely employs macroeconomic factors. The inclusion of a second residual market factor does not significantly alleviate the symptoms of underspecification and this factor is significant in a number of instances suggesting that the residual market factor does not capture all omitted influences by itself. Researchers of the APT and practitioners are encouraged to take note of these findings to avoid misinterpreting the results of macroeconomic linear factor models. The linear factor model is a complex construct and the application of a widely used approach in APT literature to resolve factor omission may not be adequate. This can adversely impact studies focusing on the linear factor model and equilibrium pricing within the APT and studies that apply macroeconomic linear factor models motivated by the APT.

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Financial Models Volume II written by Frank J. Fabozzi and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 1176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 2 of the Encyclopedia of Financial Models The need for serious coverage of financial modeling has never been greater, especially with the size, diversity, and efficiency of modern capital markets. With this in mind, the Encyclopedia of Financial Models has been created to help a broad spectrum of individuals—ranging from finance professionals to academics and students—understand financial modeling and make use of the various models currently available. Incorporating timely research and in-depth analysis, Volume 2 of the Encyclopedia of Financial Models covers both established and cutting-edge models and discusses their real-world applications. Edited by Frank Fabozzi, this volume includes contributions from global financial experts as well as academics with extensive consulting experience in this field. Organized alphabetically by category, this reliable resource consists of forty-four informative entries and provides readers with a balanced understanding of today's dynamic world of financial modeling. Volume 2 explores Equity Models and Valuation, Factor Models for Portfolio Construction, Financial Econometrics, Financial Modeling Principles, Financial Statements Analysis, Finite Mathematics for Financial Modeling, and Model Risk and Selection Emphasizes both technical and implementation issues, providing researchers, educators, students, and practitioners with the necessary background to deal with issues related to financial modeling The 3-Volume Set contains coverage of the fundamentals and advances in financial modeling and provides the mathematical and statistical techniques needed to develop and test financial models Financial models have become increasingly commonplace, as well as complex. They are essential in a wide range of financial endeavors, and the Encyclopedia of Financial Models will help put them in perspective.

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