• Economic Analysis
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.1-33
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• 2019

This paper examines the economic factors that are related to the dynamics of the variance risk premium, and specially, which economic factors are related to the forecasting power of the variance premium regarding future index returns. Eleven general economic variables, eight interest rate variables, and eleven sentiment-associated variables are used to figure out the relevant economic variables that affect the variance risk premium. According to our empirical results, the won-dollar exchange rates, foreign reserves, the historical/implied volatility, and interest rate variables all have significant coefficients. The highest adjusted R-squared is more than 65 percent, indicating their significant explanatory power of the variance risk premium. Next, to verify the economic variables associated with the predictability of the variance risk premium, we conduct forecasting regressions to predict future stock returns and volatilities for one to six months. Our empirical analysis shows that only the won-dollar exchange rate, among the many variables associated with the dynamics of the variance risk premium, has a significant forecasting ability regarding future index returns. These results are consistent with results found in previous studies, including Londono (2012) and Bollerslev et al. (2014), which show that the variance risk premium is related to global risk factors.

• The Korean Journal of Financial Studies
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.105-133
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• 1999

주가(株價)의 예측(豫測)이 가능하다는 최근 실증결과들로 말미암아 증권시장의 효율성(效率性)에 강한 의문이 제기되고 있다. 주가(株價)의 반전(反轉)(price reversal)이 주가의 예측을 가능하게 한다는 것이다. 혹자는 증권시장이 정보에 과잉반응(過剩反應)을 나타내고 그 후 이를 수정함으로서 주가의 반전이 나타난다고 주장한다. 또 혹자는 호가(呼價)스프레드(spreads)의 존재로 인하여 주가의 반전이 있을 수 있다고 한다. 실제로, 때로는 매수호가에 때로는 매도호가에 거래가 이루어지고 있기 때문이다. 본 연구는 KOSPI 200 구성주식의 일별(日別)수익률 자료를 이용한 실증분석에서 다음과 같은 중요한 사항들을 발견하였다. 첫째, 한국증권시장에 주가반전(株價反轉)이 있다는 것을 확인하였으며, 이러한 단기 주가반전의 주된 원천은 시장(市場)의 과잉반응(過剩反應)이 아니라 호가(呼價)스프레드라는 것을 발견하였다. 일중(日中)에도 물론 주가가 반전하고 있음을 확인하였다. 둘째, 호가스프레드에 의한 변동성으로 말미암아 거래가격을 기준으로 한 일별수익률의 변동성(變動性)이 상당히 과대(過大) 추정(推定)될 수 있음을 발견하였다. 일별수익률 분산의 약 15%는 호가스프레드로 설명(說明)할 수 있었다. 마지막으로, 본 연구결과는 다음과 같은 점을 시사(示峻)하고 있다. 우리 나라에서 호가스프레드는 딜러마켓에서와 같은 '마진'의 의미가 전혀 없다. 따라서 호가스프레드의 크기를 결정하는데 있어 중요한 역할을 하는 '호가단위(呼價單位)'를 적절한 수준으로 가능한한 작게 하는 것이 바람직 할 것이다. 이는 매도자와 매수자의 의견접근을 용이하게 함으로서 매매(賣買)의 성립(成立)을 촉진할 뿐만 아니라, 특히 기관투자자의 거래비용(去來費用)을 줄일 수 있으며, 또 호가스프레드로 인한 앞서의 불필요한 변동성(變動性)을 줄이는 효과도 아울러 기할 수 있을 것이다.

• The Korean Journal of Financial Management
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.181-202
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• 2000

본 연구는 지수선물 시장에서 호가스프레드에 영향을 줄 수 있는 요인변수를 탐색하였다. 호가스프레드는 1996년 5월 3일부터 1997년 7월 31일까지 일중 4시간 5분의 거래시간을 5분 간격으로 나누어 49개의 시간대별 잔량을 구하여 호가스프레드를 계산하였으며, 요인변수는 주문 거래자료를 이용하여 산출하였다. 분석결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째로, 호가스프레드 측정결과 개장직후 10분과 폐장직전 10분간의 호가스프레드가 다른 시간대보다 크게 나타났다. 우리나라 주가지수선물시장에서도 이상의 두 시간대에서는 거래자들이 현저히 높은 정보불균형이 있었고, 역선택과정이 심한 것으로 보여진다. 이는 McInish와 Wood(1992) 및 Jang과 Lee(1995) 그리고 Daigler(1997)의 U자형 패턴과 유사하게 나타났다. 둘째로, 거래빈도, 총주문량은 호가스프레드에 유의적인 음(-)의 영향을 주어 호가스프레드를 줄이는데 정보적 역할을 하고 있었던 것으로 생각된다. 그리고 주문빈도 및 변동성과 수익률이 모두 호가스프레드에 유의적인 양(+)의 영향을 주고 있었다. 회귀분석결과 관찰자료로 총주문량, 거래빈도가 유동성변수로서 의미가 있었고, 묵시적 거래비용을 줄여줄 수 있을 것이라 보여진다. 한편 주문빈도는 정보탐색을 위한 허수주문으로 여겨진다. 우리나라 선물시장에서는 투자자들이 가격 변동성에 대한 보상을 원하고 있었다. 일반적으로 투자자들은 가격위험하에서는 거래 체결을 원하지 않기 때문에 이러한 점이 호가스프레드를 커지게 하였던 원인으로 보여진다.

• Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.84-94
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• 2011

In this paper, we propose a method to provide the distribution of option price under local volatility model when market-provided implied volatility data are given. The local volatility model is one of the most widely used smile-consistent models. In local volatility model, the volatility is a deterministic function of the random stock price. Before estimating local volatility surface (LVS), we need to estimate implied volatility surfaces (IVS) from market data. To do this we use local polynomial smoothing method. Then we apply the Dupire formula to estimate the resulting LVS. However, the result is dependent on the bandwidth of kernel function employed in local polynomial smoothing method and to solve this problem, the proposed method in this paper makes use of model averaging approach by means of bandwidth priors, and then produces a robust local volatility surface estimation with a confidence interval. After constructing LVS, we price barrier option with the LVS estimation through Monte Carlo simulation. To show the merits of our proposed method, we have conducted experiments on simulated and market data which are relevant to KOSPI200 call equity linked warrants (ELWs.) We could show by these experiments that the results of the proposed method are quite reasonable and acceptable when compared to the previous works.

• The Korean Journal of Applied Statistics
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• v.25 no.5
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• pp.757-773
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• 2012

Traditional value at risk(S-VaR) has a difficulity in predicting the future risk of financial asset prices since S-VaR is a backward looking measure based on the historical data of the underlying asset prices. In order to resolve the deficiency of S-VaR, an economic value at risk(E-VaR) using the risk neutral probability distributions is suggested since E-VaR is a forward looking measure based on the option price data. In this study E-VaR is estimated by assuming the generalized gamma distribution(GGD) as risk neutral density function which is implied in the option. The estimated E-VaR with GGD was compared with E-VaR estimates under the Black-Scholes model, two-lognormal mixture distribution, generalized extreme value distribution and S-VaR estimates under the normal distribution and GARCH(1, 1) model, respectively. The option market data of the KOSPI 200 index are used in order to compare the performances of the above VaR estimates. The results of the empirical analysis show that GGD seems to have a tendency to estimate VaR conservatively; however, GGD is superior to other models in the overall sense.

• Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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• v.37 no.4
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• pp.202-211
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• 2014

Pairs trading is a type of arbitrage investment strategy that buys an underpriced security and simultaneously sells an overpriced security. Since the 1980s, investors have recognized pairs trading as a promising arbitrage strategy that pursues absolute returns rather than relative profits. Thus, individual and institutional traders, as well as hedge fund traders in the financial markets, have an interest in developing a pairs trading strategy. This study proposes pairs trading rules (PTRs) created from a price ratio between securities (i.e., stock index futures) using rough set analysis. The price ratio involves calculating the closing price of one security and dividing it by the closing price of another security and generating Buy or Sell signals according to whether the ratio is increasing or decreasing. In this empirical study, we generate PTRs through rough set analysis applied to various technical indicators derived from the price ratio between KOSPI 200 and S&P 500 index futures. The proposed trading rules for pairs trading indicate high profits in the futures market.

• The Korean Journal of Financial Management
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.337-364
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• 1999

본 연구에서는 국내 주가지수선물시장과 현물시상간의 일중 가격 및 가격변동성의 선-후행관계를 실증적으로 분석함으로써 양 시장간의 동적관련성을 살펴보고자 하였다. 먼저, 상관관계분석의 결과는 KOSPI 200 주가지수선물수익률과 현물수익률, 그리고 주가지수선물수익률자승과 현물수익률 자승간에 유의한 교차상관관계가 존재하는 것으로 나타났다. 수익률의 선-후행관계를 살펴보기 위한 주가지수선물수익률의 시차변수들과 현물수익률간의 다중회귀분석의 결과는 주가지수선물수익률이 현물수익률을 약 15분 정도 선행하는 것으로 나타났으며, 이러한 현상은 현물수익률에 존재할 수 있는 비동시적 거래의 영향을 통제한 경우에도 비록 그 강도가 약하기는 하지만 여전하였다. 다음으로, 수익률 변동성의 선-후행관계를 살펴보기 위해 Grammatikos-Saunders (1986)가 제시한 무조건부 변동성의 추정치인 로그수익률자승을 사용하여 분석한 결과 주가지수선물수익률의 변동성이 현물수익률의 변동성을 약 10분 정도 선행하는 것으로 나타났으며, 이러한 결과는 비동시적 거래의 영향을 통제한 경우에도 동일하였다. 또한, Nelson(1991)의 EGARCH모형을 사용하여 수익률의 변동성을 추정한 후 이를 갖고 분석한 결과, 특히 비동시적 거래의 영향을 통제한 경우에는 주가지수선물시장과 현물시장의 수익률 변동성간에 선-후행관계가 존재한다는 것을 부정할 수 없었다.

• KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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• v.40 no.4
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• pp.1-22
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• 2018

We estimate three continuous-time stochastic volatility models following the approach by Aït-Sahalia and Kimmel (2007) to compare the Korean and US stock markets. To do this, the Heston, GARCH, and CEV models are applied to the KOSPI 200 and S&P 500 Index. For the latent volatility variable, we generate and use the integrated volatility proxy using the implied volatility of short-dated at-the-money option prices. We conduct MLE in order to estimate the parameters of the stochastic volatility models. To do this we need the transition probability density function (TPDF), but the true TPDF is not available for any of the models in this paper. Therefore, the TPDFs are approximated using the irreducible method introduced in Aït-Sahalia (2008). Among three stochastic volatility models, the Heston model and the CEV model are found to be best for the Korean and US stock markets, respectively. There exist relatively strong leverage effects in both countries. Despite the fact that the long-run mean level of the integrated volatility proxy (IV) was not statistically significant in either market, the speeds of the mean reversion parameters are statistically significant and meaningful in both markets. The IV is found to return to its long-run mean value more rapidly in Korea than in the US. All parameters related to the volatility function of the IV are statistically significant. Although the volatility of the IV is more elastic in the US stock market, the volatility itself is greater in Korea than in the US over the range of the observed IV.

• Asia-Pacific Journal of Business
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.123-138
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• 2022

Purpose - This study compares the performances of dynamic asset allocation strategies using Korean stocks and U.S. dollar, which have been negatively correlated for a long time, to examine the diversification effects in the portfolios of them. Design/methodology/approach - In the current study, we use KOSPI200 index, as a proxy of the aggregated portfolio of Korean stocks, and USDKRW foreign exchange rate to implement various portfolio management strategies. We consider the equally-weighted, risk-parity, minimum variance, most diversified, and growth optimal portfolios for comparison. Findings - We first find the enhancement of risk adjusted returns due to risk reduction rather than return increasement for all the portfolios of consideration. Second, the enhancement is more pronounced for the trading strategies using correlations as well as volatilities compared to those using volatilities only. Third, the diversification effect has become stronger after the global financial crisis in 2008. Lastly, we find that the performance of the growth optimal portfolio can be improved by utilizing the well-known momentum phenomenon in stock markets to select the length of the sample period to estimate the expected return. Research implications or Originality - This study shows the potential benefits of adding the U.S. dollar to the portfolios of Korean stocks. The current study is the first to investigate the portfolio of Korean stocks and U.S. dollar from investment perspective.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.189-195
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• 2014

In this research, we investigate the relationship between volatility and the trading volumes of trader types in the KOSPI 200 index stock market, futures market, and options market. Three types of investors are considered: individual, institutional, and foreign investors. The empirical results show that the volatility of the stock market and futures market are affected by the transaction information from another market. This means that there exists the cross-market effect of trading volume to explain volatility. It turns out that the option market volatility is not explained by any trading volume of trader types. This is because the option market volatility, VKOSPI, is the volatility index that reflects traders' expectation on one month ahead underlying volatility. Third, individual investors tend to increase volatilities, whereas institutions and foreign investors tend to stabilize volatilities. These results can be used in the areas of investment strategies, risk management, and financial market stability.