Making Sense of a World of Clicks

In a recent article, O. Ulfbeck and A. Bohr [Found. Phys. 31, 757 (2001)] have stressed the genuine fortuitousness of detector clicks, which has also been pointed out, in different terms, by the present author [Am. J. Phys. 68, 728 (2000)]. In spite of this basic agreement, the present article raises objections to the presuppositions and conclusions of Ulfbeck and Bohr, in particular their rejection of the terminology of indefinite variables, their identification of reality with the world of experience, their identification of experience with what takes place on the spacetime scene, and the claim that their interpretation of quantum mechanics is entirely liberated from classical notions. An alternative way of making sense of a world of uncaused clicks is presented. This does not invoke experience but deals with a free-standing reality, is not fettered by classical conceptions of space and time but introduces adequate ways of thinking about the spatiotemporal aspects of the quantum world, and does not reject indefinite variables but clarifies the implications of their existence.     

Macroscopic Determinism in Interacting Systems Using Large Deviation Theory

We consider the quasi-deterministic behavior of systems with a large number, n, of deterministically interacting constituents. This work extends the results of a previous paper [J. Statist. Phys. 99:1225–1249 (2000)] to include vector-valued observables on interacting systems. The approach used here, however, differs markedly in that a level-1 large deviation principle (LDP) on joint observables, rather than a level-2 LDP on empirical distributions, is employed. As before, we seek a mapping _t on the set of (possibly vector-valued) macrostates such that, when the macrostate is given to be a ₀ at time zero, the macrostate at time t is _t (a ₀) with a probability approaching one as n tends to infinity. We show that such a map exists and derives from a generalized dynamic free energy function, provided the latter is everywhere well defined, finite, and differentiable. We discuss some general properties of _t relevant to issues of irreversibility and end with an example of a simple interacting lattice, for which an exact macroscopic solution is obtained.     

融资融券交易与A股市场波动相关性实证研究

本文基于A股市场开展融资融券交易以来的实际数据,用Johnson协整检验,误差修正模型和Granger因果关系检验方法,实证研究了融资融券业务的开展对A股市场价格和波动性的影响,结果显示融资融券交易对A股市场的价格和波动性的影响都不显著.     

多维时间序列Granger因果性的一种图模型学习方法

传统的两变量Granger因果分析法容易产生伪因果关系,且不能刻画变量间的同期因果性.利用图模型方法研究多维时间序列变量间Granger因果关系,通过Granger因果图的建立将问题转化为Granger因果图结构的辨识问题,利用局部密度估计法构造相应的辨识统计量,采用bootstrap方法来确定检验统计量的原分布.模拟分析以及对于中国股市间Granger因果关系的研究说明了该方法的有效性.     

产业结构变动与城乡收入差距关系的协整分析

根据中国1952-2008年的数据,运用协整理论和Granger因果检验分析了中国产业结构变动与城乡收入差距的关系.协整检验及误差修正模型结果表明,二者之间在所研究期间内存在长期稳定的正向均衡关系,并且短期动态校正作用明显.同时,Granger因果关系检验结果说明中国的产业结构变动与城乡收入差距扩大之间存在双向因果关系.     

深市收益特征及价量关系实证研究

本文分析了深市日收益率序列和波动率序列的每周不同天效应和记忆性。认为,深市日收益率序列不存在每周不同天效应,但存在一至二星期的记忆性;波动率序列则存在每周不同天效应和持续性;同时,交易量对波动率具有很好的解释作用。     

云南省就业问题的趋势与控制模型研究

基于因果关系理论、因子分析理论、协整分析、自回归分布滞后模型和误差修正模型,对云南省就业问题进行了研究.建立了云南省就业的趋势和控制模型,揭示了云南省就业发展的内在规律及其与各宏观因素之间的系统作用关系.     

Cross-Scale Causality and Information Transfer in Simulated Epileptic Seizures

An information-theoretic approach for detecting causality and information transfer was applied to phases and amplitudes of oscillatory components related to different time scales and obtained using the wavelet transform from a time series generated by the Epileptor model. Three main time scales and their causal interactions were identified in the simulated epileptic seizures, in agreement with the interactions of the model variables. An approach consisting of wavelet transform, conditional mutual information estimation, and surrogate data testing applied to a single time series generated by the model was demonstrated to be successful in the identification of all directional (causal) interactions between the three different time scales described in the model. Thus, the methodology was prepared for the identification of causal cross-frequency phase–phase and phase–amplitude interactions in experimental and clinical neural data.     

Granger因果检验的非线性进展及应用研究

Granger因果检验是计量经济学的重要组成部分,也是现代经济、金融学分析的重要工具,近年来Granger因果检验在非线性检验方向有了较大进展。本文在线性Granger因果检验的基础上,阐述了Granger因果检验的非线性进展,重点总结了针对一阶矩的基于回归模型、非参函数和信息理论的三大类非线性方法以及针对二阶矩的基于残差交叉相关系数和多元条件方差模型下的两大类非线性方法,讨论了不同非线性Granger方法中数据要求、核心模型、建模关键以及模型优缺点,提出了Granger因果检验"线性-非线性"的整体框架和研究范式.通过模型分析和比较,本文可为因果检验的非线性理论和模型研究提供参考,并对因果检验在经济和金融领域的更广泛应用提供支持。