Finance and Macroeconomics

State Space Modeling in Macroeconomics and Finance Using S+FinMetrics∗

This paper surveys some common state space models used in macroeconomics and finance and shows how to specify and estimate these models using the SsfPack algorithms implemented in the S-PLUS module S+FinMetrics. Examples include recursive regression models, time varying parameter models, exact ARMA models and calculation of the Beveridge-Nelson decomposition, unobserved components models, stoch...

State Space Modeling in Macroeconomics and Finance Using SsfPack for S+FinMetrics

This paper surveys some common state space models used in macroeconomics and finance and shows how to specify and estimate these models using the SsfPack algorithms implemented in the S-PLUS module S+FinMetrics. Examples include recursive regression models, time varying parameter models, exact autoregressive moving average models and calculation of the Beveridge-Nelson decomposition, unobserved...

The Contingent Expectations Hypothesis : Conditional Rationality in Macroeconomics and Finance Theory

Bankruptcy and Transaction Costs in General Financial Models

General financial models have become workhorse models in the fields of macroeconomics and finance. These models have been developed and extensively studied by general equilibrium theorists. What makes them so applicable for macroeconomics and finance is the well accepted fact that models with a representative agent and without financial frictions yield equilibrium outcomes that are inconsistent...

The Imperfect Knowledge Imperative in Modern Macroeconomics and Finance Theory

Stock Price Momentum Modeling: A Grounded Theory Approach

Recently, understanding the anomalies in financial markets have severely chal-lenged the efficient market hypothesis (EMH). The price momentum is one of the anomalies described as the unexplained short-term return by Fama and French (1996). The present research strives for modeling the price momentum of winner stock in the Iranian capital market. The grounded theory method was used to explain t...