We provide evidence on the effect of the presentation format and information content of Internet financial reporting on the market value of American Depository Receipts and on country-specific variables that drive Int...We provide evidence on the effect of the presentation format and information content of Internet financial reporting on the market value of American Depository Receipts and on country-specific variables that drive Internet financial reporting. A two-stage Heckman approach was used to determine if Internet financial reporting adds incremental value to firms beyond the decision to cross-list in the United States. The results indicate that investors more highly value firms that provide information in multiple formats. We also find that country-specific variables affect the information content, but not the presentation format of disclosures on corporate websites. The results uncover a disconnection between what the market values (presentation format) and what the firms believe the market values (information content). This implies that firms are not entirely aware of investors' information wants and that they are not utilizing their resources in the manner that will have the most impact on their market value.展开更多
The specific concepts of Islamic capital market are based on transparency, accountability, and no asymmetric information. A capital market is said to be efficient with respect to an information item if the prices of s...The specific concepts of Islamic capital market are based on transparency, accountability, and no asymmetric information. A capital market is said to be efficient with respect to an information item if the prices of securities fully impound the return implication of that item. This study has two main objectives. Firstly, for testing the efficiency of Islamic capital market which focuses on Jakarta Islamic Index (JII). Secondly, by this research finding the regulator can make a good solution to create the real Islamic capital market. This study concludes that the Islamic capital market is not efficient in information. This is proved by test, where the result for both mean adjusted model and market adjusted model shows not significant, which means that the stock price that occurred has not been able to reflect a strong relationship with the real conditions that exist within the company. The second conclusion is the magnitude of abnormal return suggests that the market still has asymmetric information that will cause the occurrence of abnormal return. This is very unfortunate because Islamic capital market should be efficient in reflecting information transparency that could create a fair price in accordance with the real condition of the company's stock issuance.展开更多
Contemporary research documents a positive but weak price premium from environmental performance (EP). The specific circumstances of pricing EP of large and small companies and in polluting and clean industries have...Contemporary research documents a positive but weak price premium from environmental performance (EP). The specific circumstances of pricing EP of large and small companies and in polluting and clean industries have not, however, been investigated. This study predicts that financial markets price EP beyond financial fundamentals differently, depending on company size and the environmental risk of the industry and provides evidence relying on a set of the Sweden Stock Market 300 (SIX 300) companies listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange (OMX Stockholm). Applying a value relevance model, the average results are in line with previous findings that EP adds value beyond the book value of equity and earnings. The asymmetry in EP is, however, driven by company size and the environmental risk of the industry. This study suggests that large companies in low-risk industries obtain strong price premiums from being environmental industry leaders. In contrast, small companies and also companies in high-risk industries do not necessarily accrue the same market benefits.展开更多
Along with the vigorous development of the markel economy, the transactions in the market are also increasingly frequent. In all kinds of market transactions, there are more or less inIbrmation asynunetry phenomena. A...Along with the vigorous development of the markel economy, the transactions in the market are also increasingly frequent. In all kinds of market transactions, there are more or less inIbrmation asynunetry phenomena. Asynmaetric information makes supply chain unable to give a real reaction to the relationship between market supply and demand, and the personnel in the channels of supply chain are unable to make the optimal pricing, so that the overall profits are affected. Therefore, asymmetric information should be controlled within the normal range, for the purpose of ensuring the normal operation and healthy development of the market transactions.展开更多
In order to explore the factors and their complex mechanism affecting the price dynamics under the clean development mechanism (CDM), this article employs the secondary Certified Emission Reduction (sCER) carbon p...In order to explore the factors and their complex mechanism affecting the price dynamics under the clean development mechanism (CDM), this article employs the secondary Certified Emission Reduction (sCER) carbon price as the study object, and analyzes its influencing factors from aspects of the international carbon-reduction policies, macroeconomic fluctuations, energy and similar carbon products prices. The innovation of this paper lies in: Introducing necessary factor (the developing countries pricing power) and the application of several international representative indicators to un- derline the "world" nature of CDM; utilizing different econometric models to obtain noteworthy and more robust results. The authors test the theoretical findings with multiple stationary time series from the launch of CDM to present (2008-2016). The results reveal that sCER price fluctuation shows the characteristic of asymmetry and substantial persistence. There is a strong statistically significant relationship between macroeconomic conditions, coal and oil prices, with the price of sCER. The authors discover that the pricing power of developing countries indeed has a clear but small impact on the sCER price changes, whereas the price elasticity of supply under CDM is so weak. The interaction between EU emission allowances (EUAs) and sCER presents a shift from dependency to substitution.展开更多
In this study,we aim at developing a model for option pricing to reduce the risks associated with Ethiopian coffee price fluctuations.We used daily closed Washed Sidama class A Grade3(WSDA3)coffee price recorded in th...In this study,we aim at developing a model for option pricing to reduce the risks associated with Ethiopian coffee price fluctuations.We used daily closed Washed Sidama class A Grade3(WSDA3)coffee price recorded in the period 31 May 2011 to 30 March 2018 obtained from Ethiopia commodity exchange(ECX)market to analyse the price fluctuation.The nature of log-returns of the price is asymmetric(negatively skewed)and exhibits high kurtosis.We used jump diffusion models for modeling and option pricing the coffee price.The method of maximum likelihood is applied to estimate the parameters of the models.We used the root mean square error(RMSE)to test the validation of the models.The values of RMSE for Merton’s and double exponential jump diffusion models are 0.1093 and 0.0783,respectively.These results indicate that the models fit the data very well.We used analytical and Monte Carlo technique to find the call option pricing of WSDA3 price.Based on the empirical results,we concluded that double exponential jump diffusion model is more efficient than Merton’s model for modeling and option pricing of this coffee price.展开更多
Objective:To analyze the effect of acupuncture versus hormone replacement therapy(HRT)for premature ovarian insufficiency(POI).Methods:China National Knowledge Infrastructure(CNKI),Wanfang Academic Journal Full-text D...Objective:To analyze the effect of acupuncture versus hormone replacement therapy(HRT)for premature ovarian insufficiency(POI).Methods:China National Knowledge Infrastructure(CNKI),Wanfang Academic Journal Full-text Database(Wanfang),Chongqing VIP Database(CQVIP),China Biology Medicine Disc(CBM),Web of Science,Cochrane Library,PubMed,and Excerpta Medica Database(EMBASE)were searched up to January 31st,2019 to identify randomized controlled trials(RCTs)evaluating the effect of acupuncture for POI.The primary outcome was the level of basal serum follicle-stimulating hormone(FSH).Secondary outcomes included serum levels of luteinizing hormone(LH),estradiol(E2)and anti-Müllerian hormone(AMH).Two authors extracted data independently and assessed the risk of bias and the methodological quality using the Cochrane's tool.Meta-analysis was conducted by RevMan version 5.3.Results:Eight eligible RCTs with a total of 496 POI patients were included in the meta-analysis.The pooled results showed that there was a significant reduction in the basal serum FSH level(MD=-5.82,95%CI:-9.76 to-1.87,I2=82%,P=0.004)and a remarkable elevation in the basal E2 level(SMD=0.93,95%CI:0.34 to 1.52,I2=88%,P=0.002)in the acupuncture group when compared with the control.Subgroup analysis showed that compared with HRT,a significant decrease in the FSH level was observed in both acupuncture alone(MD=-4.53,95%CI:-8.96 to-0.10,I2=73%,P=0.04)and acupuncture plus HRT(MD=-9.60,95%CI:-17.60 to-1.61,I2=50%,P=0.02),while a remarkable elevation of E2 was only found in acupuncture plus HRT(SMD=1.43,95%CI:1.03 to 1.82,I2=0%,P<0.00001).There was no significant difference in the LH level between acupuncture and HRT(MD=-3.16,95%CI:-9.41 to 3.10,I2=0%,P=0.32),only one trial reported AMH,and no significant difference was found between acupuncture and HRT.Conclusion:The present study indicated that acupuncture had an advantage over HRT in reducing serum FSH level and increasing serum E2 level in women with POI.However,evidence supporting the finding is limited due to the small sample size,potential methodological flaws and significant heterogeneity.Hence,this conclusion still needs to be verified by high-quality RCTs.展开更多
In this paper, we compare the performance of the optimal attainable payoffs (of a general claim) derived by the variance-optimal approach and the indifference argument under the mean-variance preference in an incomple...In this paper, we compare the performance of the optimal attainable payoffs (of a general claim) derived by the variance-optimal approach and the indifference argument under the mean-variance preference in an incomplete market. Both payoffs are expressed by the signed variance-optimal martingale measure. Our results are applied to the claim hedging under partial information.展开更多
文摘We provide evidence on the effect of the presentation format and information content of Internet financial reporting on the market value of American Depository Receipts and on country-specific variables that drive Internet financial reporting. A two-stage Heckman approach was used to determine if Internet financial reporting adds incremental value to firms beyond the decision to cross-list in the United States. The results indicate that investors more highly value firms that provide information in multiple formats. We also find that country-specific variables affect the information content, but not the presentation format of disclosures on corporate websites. The results uncover a disconnection between what the market values (presentation format) and what the firms believe the market values (information content). This implies that firms are not entirely aware of investors' information wants and that they are not utilizing their resources in the manner that will have the most impact on their market value.
文摘The specific concepts of Islamic capital market are based on transparency, accountability, and no asymmetric information. A capital market is said to be efficient with respect to an information item if the prices of securities fully impound the return implication of that item. This study has two main objectives. Firstly, for testing the efficiency of Islamic capital market which focuses on Jakarta Islamic Index (JII). Secondly, by this research finding the regulator can make a good solution to create the real Islamic capital market. This study concludes that the Islamic capital market is not efficient in information. This is proved by test, where the result for both mean adjusted model and market adjusted model shows not significant, which means that the stock price that occurred has not been able to reflect a strong relationship with the real conditions that exist within the company. The second conclusion is the magnitude of abnormal return suggests that the market still has asymmetric information that will cause the occurrence of abnormal return. This is very unfortunate because Islamic capital market should be efficient in reflecting information transparency that could create a fair price in accordance with the real condition of the company's stock issuance.
文摘Contemporary research documents a positive but weak price premium from environmental performance (EP). The specific circumstances of pricing EP of large and small companies and in polluting and clean industries have not, however, been investigated. This study predicts that financial markets price EP beyond financial fundamentals differently, depending on company size and the environmental risk of the industry and provides evidence relying on a set of the Sweden Stock Market 300 (SIX 300) companies listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange (OMX Stockholm). Applying a value relevance model, the average results are in line with previous findings that EP adds value beyond the book value of equity and earnings. The asymmetry in EP is, however, driven by company size and the environmental risk of the industry. This study suggests that large companies in low-risk industries obtain strong price premiums from being environmental industry leaders. In contrast, small companies and also companies in high-risk industries do not necessarily accrue the same market benefits.
文摘Along with the vigorous development of the markel economy, the transactions in the market are also increasingly frequent. In all kinds of market transactions, there are more or less inIbrmation asynunetry phenomena. Asynmaetric information makes supply chain unable to give a real reaction to the relationship between market supply and demand, and the personnel in the channels of supply chain are unable to make the optimal pricing, so that the overall profits are affected. Therefore, asymmetric information should be controlled within the normal range, for the purpose of ensuring the normal operation and healthy development of the market transactions.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.71373065
文摘In order to explore the factors and their complex mechanism affecting the price dynamics under the clean development mechanism (CDM), this article employs the secondary Certified Emission Reduction (sCER) carbon price as the study object, and analyzes its influencing factors from aspects of the international carbon-reduction policies, macroeconomic fluctuations, energy and similar carbon products prices. The innovation of this paper lies in: Introducing necessary factor (the developing countries pricing power) and the application of several international representative indicators to un- derline the "world" nature of CDM; utilizing different econometric models to obtain noteworthy and more robust results. The authors test the theoretical findings with multiple stationary time series from the launch of CDM to present (2008-2016). The results reveal that sCER price fluctuation shows the characteristic of asymmetry and substantial persistence. There is a strong statistically significant relationship between macroeconomic conditions, coal and oil prices, with the price of sCER. The authors discover that the pricing power of developing countries indeed has a clear but small impact on the sCER price changes, whereas the price elasticity of supply under CDM is so weak. The interaction between EU emission allowances (EUAs) and sCER presents a shift from dependency to substitution.
文摘In this study,we aim at developing a model for option pricing to reduce the risks associated with Ethiopian coffee price fluctuations.We used daily closed Washed Sidama class A Grade3(WSDA3)coffee price recorded in the period 31 May 2011 to 30 March 2018 obtained from Ethiopia commodity exchange(ECX)market to analyse the price fluctuation.The nature of log-returns of the price is asymmetric(negatively skewed)and exhibits high kurtosis.We used jump diffusion models for modeling and option pricing the coffee price.The method of maximum likelihood is applied to estimate the parameters of the models.We used the root mean square error(RMSE)to test the validation of the models.The values of RMSE for Merton’s and double exponential jump diffusion models are 0.1093 and 0.0783,respectively.These results indicate that the models fit the data very well.We used analytical and Monte Carlo technique to find the call option pricing of WSDA3 price.Based on the empirical results,we concluded that double exponential jump diffusion model is more efficient than Merton’s model for modeling and option pricing of this coffee price.
文摘Objective:To analyze the effect of acupuncture versus hormone replacement therapy(HRT)for premature ovarian insufficiency(POI).Methods:China National Knowledge Infrastructure(CNKI),Wanfang Academic Journal Full-text Database(Wanfang),Chongqing VIP Database(CQVIP),China Biology Medicine Disc(CBM),Web of Science,Cochrane Library,PubMed,and Excerpta Medica Database(EMBASE)were searched up to January 31st,2019 to identify randomized controlled trials(RCTs)evaluating the effect of acupuncture for POI.The primary outcome was the level of basal serum follicle-stimulating hormone(FSH).Secondary outcomes included serum levels of luteinizing hormone(LH),estradiol(E2)and anti-Müllerian hormone(AMH).Two authors extracted data independently and assessed the risk of bias and the methodological quality using the Cochrane's tool.Meta-analysis was conducted by RevMan version 5.3.Results:Eight eligible RCTs with a total of 496 POI patients were included in the meta-analysis.The pooled results showed that there was a significant reduction in the basal serum FSH level(MD=-5.82,95%CI:-9.76 to-1.87,I2=82%,P=0.004)and a remarkable elevation in the basal E2 level(SMD=0.93,95%CI:0.34 to 1.52,I2=88%,P=0.002)in the acupuncture group when compared with the control.Subgroup analysis showed that compared with HRT,a significant decrease in the FSH level was observed in both acupuncture alone(MD=-4.53,95%CI:-8.96 to-0.10,I2=73%,P=0.04)and acupuncture plus HRT(MD=-9.60,95%CI:-17.60 to-1.61,I2=50%,P=0.02),while a remarkable elevation of E2 was only found in acupuncture plus HRT(SMD=1.43,95%CI:1.03 to 1.82,I2=0%,P<0.00001).There was no significant difference in the LH level between acupuncture and HRT(MD=-3.16,95%CI:-9.41 to 3.10,I2=0%,P=0.32),only one trial reported AMH,and no significant difference was found between acupuncture and HRT.Conclusion:The present study indicated that acupuncture had an advantage over HRT in reducing serum FSH level and increasing serum E2 level in women with POI.However,evidence supporting the finding is limited due to the small sample size,potential methodological flaws and significant heterogeneity.Hence,this conclusion still needs to be verified by high-quality RCTs.
基金This work is supported in part by National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholar No. 70225002.
文摘In this paper, we compare the performance of the optimal attainable payoffs (of a general claim) derived by the variance-optimal approach and the indifference argument under the mean-variance preference in an incomplete market. Both payoffs are expressed by the signed variance-optimal martingale measure. Our results are applied to the claim hedging under partial information.