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Volume 42: Issue 1 (March 1987)


Mimicking Portfolios and Exact Arbitrage Pricing

Pages: 1-9  |  Published: 3/1987  |  DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1987.tb02546.x  |  Cited by: 95

GUR HUBERMAN, SHMUEL KANDEL, ROBERT F. STAMBAUGH

We characterize the sets of mimicking positions with returns that can serve in place of factors in an exact K‐factor arbitrage‐pricing relation for a set of N assets. All of the sets are K‐dimensional nonsingular linear transformations of each other. We interpret three examples of such transformations and discuss empirical considerations. We provide conditions under which the mimicking positions can be expressed as portfolios, and we characterize the relation between mimicking portfolios and the minimum‐variance frontier.


Autoregressive Modeling of Earnings‐Investment Causality

Pages: 11-28  |  Published: 3/1987  |  DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1987.tb02547.x  |  Cited by: 27

SASSON BAR‐YOSEF, JEFFREY L. CALLEN, JOSHUA LIVNAT

The purpose of this paper is to empirically test the relationships between corporate earnings and investment. In particular, the study investigates whether knowledge of past investments improves the prediction of future earnings beyond predictions that are based on past earnings alone. Similarly, it investigates whether knowledge of past earnings improves the prediction of future investments beyond knowledge of past investments alone. This is the empirical definition of Granger causality. The empirical results show that the bivariate past series of earnings and investments is superior to the univariate series in predicting future investments but not in predicting future earnings.


Perquisites, Risk, and Capital Structure

Pages: 29-48  |  Published: 3/1987  |  DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1987.tb02548.x  |  Cited by: 75

JOSEPH WILLIAMS

In a corporate agency problem, perquisites and risk interact to produce novel, complex comparative statics. For example, even if additional debt induces risk‐neutral insiders to increase risk, they never seek to increase the market value of their stock; instead, insiders decrease the present value of their subsequent, conditionally optimal perquisites. Also, the firm's optimal capital structure includes a risky bond with an agreement to remove insiders whenever the bond defaults. However, the optimal sharing rule between corporate claimants cannot be supported solely by standard securities such as bonds, stocks, options, and their hybrids.


Seasonality in the Risk‐Return Relationship: Some International Evidence

Pages: 49-68  |  Published: 3/1987  |  DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1987.tb02549.x  |  Cited by: 30

ALBERT CORHAY, GABRIEL HAWAWINI, PIERRE MICHEL


Expectations of Exchange Rates and Differential Inflation Rates: Further Evidence on Purchasing Power Parity in Efficient Markets

Pages: 69-79  |  Published: 3/1987  |  DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1987.tb02550.x  |  Cited by: 13

ROGER D. HUANG

The paper tests the null hypothesis of ex ante purchasing power parity. The empirical evidence obtained is inconsistent with the null for major industrialized countries over the current floating exchange rate regime. Expected nominal exchange rate changes appear to deviate systematically from expected inflation rate differentials over the same holding period even though real exchange rate changes appear to be serially uncorrelated. This supports the presence of time‐varying risk premia in foreign exchange markets and real determinants of exchange rate movements as suggested by equilibrium theories of international asset markets.


The Default Premium and Corporate Bond Experience

Pages: 81-97  |  Published: 3/1987  |  DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1987.tb02551.x  |  Cited by: 58

JEROME S. FONS

The development of organized markets for speculative‐grade corporate debt has provided financial researchers with an opportunity to examine the pricing of default risk. By incorporating previous work on the default experience of low‐rated corporate debt, this paper presents an introduction to risk‐neutral models of risky‐bond pricing and uses these to examine the relationship between the default premium embodied in bond yields and actual default rates. The contribution of macroeconomic information to the default premium is also examined. The author finds that holders of low‐grade bonds have, on average, been compensated for losses due to default.


An Analysis of Yield Curve Notes

Pages: 99-110  |  Published: 3/1987  |  DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1987.tb02552.x  |  Cited by: 9

JOSEPH P. OGDEN

This paper analyzes a new type of security, the yield curve note, which pays interest at a rate that varies inversely with short‐term interest rates. A valuation model for yield curve notes is presented, the parameters of the model are estimated empirically, and the estimated model is used to explore, in simulation, the price behavior and risk characteristics of yield curve notes in comparison with fixed‐rate notes. The risk of a yield curve note is approximately twice as great as a fixed‐rate note with the same maturity. The unique risk characteristics of yield curve notes make them useful (as liabilities) in immunization strategies for financial institutions. Their usefulness in this regard may be the chief rationale for their development.


Nonsynchronous Security Trading and Market Index Autocorrelation

Pages: 111-118  |  Published: 3/1987  |  DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1987.tb02553.x  |  Cited by: 113

MICHAEL D. ATCHISON, KIRT C. BUTLER, RICHARD R. SIMONDS

The theoretical portfolio autocorrelation due solely to nonsynchronous trading is estimated from a derived model. This estimated level is found to be substantially less than that observed empirically. The theoretical and empirical relationship between portfolio size and autocorrelation also is investigated. The results of this study suggest that other price‐adjustment delay factors in addition to nonsynchronous trading cause the high autocorrelations present in daily returns on stock index portfolios.


The Puzzle in Post‐Listing Common Stock Returns

Pages: 119-140  |  Published: 3/1987  |  DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1987.tb02554.x  |  Cited by: 45

JOHN J. McCONNELL, GARY C. SANGER

Prior studies indicate that common stocks tend to earn negative returns immediately following listing on the NYSE. The authors document the phenomenon in detail and investigate a number of possible explanations. No full explanation is discovered, although several are ruled out.


Using Financial Prices to Test Exchange Rate Models: A Note

Pages: 141-149  |  Published: 3/1987  |  DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1987.tb02555.x  |  Cited by: 75

BRUNO SOLNIK


Asset Pricing and Dual Listing on Foreign Capital Markets: A Note

Pages: 151-158  |  Published: 3/1987  |  DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1987.tb02556.x  |  Cited by: 130

GORDON J. ALEXANDER, CHEOL S. EUN, S. JANAKIRAMANAN


Initial Public Offer Underpricing: The Issuer's View—A Note

Pages: 159-162  |  Published: 3/1987  |  DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1987.tb02557.x  |  Cited by: 10

STEVEN M. DAWSON


A Note on the Behavior of Stock Returns around Ex‐Dates of Stock Distributions

Pages: 163-168  |  Published: 3/1987  |  DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1987.tb02558.x  |  Cited by: 43

AJAY R. DRAVID


Miller's Irrelevance Mechanism: A Note

Pages: 169-180  |  Published: 3/1987  |  DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1987.tb02559.x  |  Cited by: 5

VAROUJ A. AIVAZIAN, JEFFREY L. CALLEN


The Distribution of Foreign Exchange Price Changes: Trading Day Effects and Risk Measurement—A Comment

Pages: 181-188  |  Published: 3/1987  |  DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1987.tb02560.x  |  Cited by: 3

JACKY C. SO


The Distribution of Foreign Exchange Price Changes: Trading Day Effects and Risk Measurement—A Reply

Pages: 189-194  |  Published: 3/1987  |  DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1987.tb02561.x  |  Cited by: 1

JAMES W. McFARLAND, R. RICHARDSON PETTIT, SAM K. SUNG


Book Reviews

Pages: 195-198  |  Published: 3/1987  |  DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1987.tb02562.x  |  Cited by: 0

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MISCELLANEA

Pages: 199-199  |  Published: 3/1987  |  DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1987.tb02563.x  |  Cited by: 0