Timing and eco(nomic) efficiency of climate-friendly investments in supply chains

Emission trading schemes such as the European Union Emissions Trading System (EUETS) attempt to reconcile economic efficiency with ecological efficiency by creating financial incentives for companies to invest in climate-friendly innovations. Using real options methodology, we demonstrate that under uncertainty, economic and ecological efficiency continue to be mutually exclusive. This problem is even worse if a climate-friendly project depends on investing in of a whole supply chain. We model a sequential bargaining game in a supply chain where the parties negotiate over implementation of a carbon dioxide (CO₂) saving investment project. We show that the outcome of their bargaining is not economically efficient and even less ecologically efficient. Furthermore, we show that a supply chain becomes less economically efficient and less ecologically efficient with every additional chain link. Finally, we make recommendations for how managers or politicians can improve the situation and thereby increase economic as well as ecological efficiency and thus also the eco-efficiency of supply chains.     

Developing real option game models

By mixing concepts from both game theoretic analysis and real options theory, an investment decision in a competitive market can be seen as a “game” between firms, as firms implicitly take into account other firms’ reactions to their own investment actions. We review two decades of real option game models, suggesting which critical problems have been “solved” by considering game theory, and which significant problems have not been yet adequately addressed. We provide some insights on the plausible empirical applications, or shortfalls in applications to date, and suggest some promising avenues for future research.     

Optimal reinsurance and investment strategies for insurer under interest rate and inflation risks

In this paper, we investigate an optimal reinsurance and investment problem for an insurer whose surplus process is approximated by a drifted Brownian motion. Proportional reinsurance is to hedge the risk of insurance. Interest rate risk and inflation risk are considered. We suppose that the instantaneous nominal interest rate follows an Ornstein–Uhlenbeck process, and the inflation index is given by a generalized Fisher equation. To make the market complete, zero-coupon bonds and Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS) are included in the market. The financial market consists of cash, zero-coupon bond, TIPS and stock. We employ the stochastic dynamic programming to derive the closed-forms of the optimal reinsurance and investment strategies as well as the optimal utility function under the constant relative risk aversion (CRRA) utility maximization. Sensitivity analysis is given to show the economic behavior of the optimal strategies and optimal utility.     

考虑投资者心理预期的投资性商品价格运行稳定性识别与反馈控制机制设计

以投资性商品的价格运行系统为研究对象,引入反映投资者心理预期的变量,对传统的蛛网模型加以改进,并据此构建非均衡市场环境下投资性商品价格运行开环系统模型,对非均衡市场环境下投资性商品市场价格运行的稳定性进行识别,在此基础上对反馈控制机制进行设计.以我国的住宅市场的价格运行系统为实证研究对象,结合历史数据对所构模型的有效性进行验证,并对未来可能出现情况进行预测.实证研究主要结论如下:第一,我国住宅市场投资者对预期收益的敏感程度以及供应商对商品前期价格的敏感程度均较高,价格运行能自发实现稳定的区域较小;第二,现有调控政策不变的情况下,我国住宅市场价格正向偏离稳定区域的程度将减小;第三,若政府从影响投资者心理预期的角度入手对我国住宅市场价格波动进行干预,希望我国住宅市场的价格运行能以最快的速度趋于稳态,则设计反馈控制机制时,应重视投资者对商品价格未来的心理预期受商品历史价格的影响程度远高于受市场供需的影响程度这一现象.     

R&D投入、技术溢出及吸收能力与经济增长的空间计量分析

利用我国31个省份2001-2010年的面板数据,使用空间滞后模型(SLM)研究了我国区域RD投入、空间溢出效应及吸收能力对经济增长的影响.研究结果表明我国各省份经济增长之间存在着高度的空间相关性,一个省份的RD投入不仅能够促进本地区的经济增长,还会通过技术溢出促进相邻地区的经济增长,同时一个地区吸收能力越强,其对该地区经济增长的影响也越大.     

基于状态空间模型构建我国固定资产投资的SWI景气指数

从众多经济指标中选取了固定资产投资的先行、一致指标组,利用所选择的指标基于状态空间模型,采用Kalman滤波估计方法得到了固定资产投资的一致和先行SWI景气指数.对一致指数的分析表明,自1998年以来我国固定资产投资经历了蓬勃扩张的投资长周期和两轮振荡波动的投资短周期,从2008年开始在国际金融危机蔓延和我国经济结构调整的大背景下固定资产投资进入相对平稳增长期.通过对先行合成指数的分析,认为"十二五"期间投资将保持稳定增长,出现大起大落的可能性很小.     

情绪对股票投资收益及后续投资决策的影响

金融学视角的研究使用市场变量代表投资者情绪,未能触及情绪本质.从心理学视角出发,使用行为金融实验方法,研究股票投资者的真实情绪对收益率及后续决策风险偏好的影响.结果发现:1)股价单边下跌时,产生适度消极情绪的个体收益最高.2)对于后续盈利情境的决策,前期产生积极情绪的个体倾向于规避风险,产生消极情绪的个体倾向于寻求风险;对于后续亏损情境的决策,个体均表现为寻求风险.3)股价单边上涨或下跌时,个体最容易出现的具体情绪分别是"倍受鼓舞"、"内疚"等.     

奈特不确定条件下企业有成本可逆投资策略研究

风险是企业投资决策关键影响因素之一,采纳奈特不确定性来刻画风险,并在此基础上构建了模糊规避偏好和投资有成本可逆条件下企业投资决策模型.模型结果表明企业最优投资策略为双阈值策略:企业增加投资以避免资本边际收益大于上限阈值,削减资本存量以避免资本边际收益低于下限阈值,当资本边际收益处于上下限阈值之间时,企业既不增加投资也不削减资本.比较静态分析显示奈特不确定性增加会降低最优投资策略上下限阈值范围.     

中证开放式基金指数和GARCH-M模型

基于开放式基金指数周收益率时间序列的非正态性和厚尾特性,以中证开放式基金指数为例,运用GARCH-M模型进行研究,系统地分析我国不同类型的开放式基金的投资风险.实证分析表明:GARCH-M模型对中证开放式基金指数周收益率的拟合效果较好,并为预测我国开放式基金的投资风险提供了科学依据.     

Cramér-Lundberg型下保险公司的最优投资和混合再保

假定保险公司既可以投资在风险资产上,同时又允许混合再保险.用经典的Cramér-Lundberg模型来近似保险公司的盈余过程,考虑了在破产概率最小限制下保险公司的最优投资和再保策略满足的HJB方程,证明了解的存在性和最优性,并对最优策略下的破产概率进行了近似估计.