The presence of seasonal integration in Japanese macro data is tested. The targeted variables are real values and deflators for GDP, consumption, investment, government expenditure, exports, and imports. First, with respect to seasonality, an entirely different conclusion is obtained for the...

The stability of the Japanese money demand function is empirically analysed employing the notion of seasonal cointegration. It is found that money balances, interest rates, and real GDP have unit roots in different cycles. The seasonal cointegration tests reveals that seasonal cointegration is...

This paper performs seasonal integration tests based on stock price indices for the G7 countries. Nonseasonal unit roots were found in all countries. This implies that the (1-B) filter is all that is needed to obtain the stationarity of stock prices, and the inclusion of dummy variables is all...

This paper has two purposes: it introduces the econometric methods used to analyze time series data with general frequency and presents a framework for analyzing economic variables that are measured daily; this special case is then applied to the trading volume of stock markets.

This paper examines the issue of co-movement in G7 equity markets. Earlier research in this area has focussed on the first or the second moment of the return process from different markets. The approach in this paper takes the analysis to a finer level to examine the co-movement between these...

This paper enhances the investigation of international linkages in stock markets by focusing on the information dependence between the markets. This is achieved by examining the causality in the variances of the stock returns from the seven members of the OECD group of countries. The...

This paper empirically analyzes the relationship between asset returns and consumption stream in Japan, based on the non-expected utility model developed by Epstein (1988) and Epstein and Zin (1990, 1991). Generalized method of moments procedure is used to estimate and test the model. Empirical...

This article represents a valuable contribution to the existing literature on the relationship between financial sector growth -- specifically, of microfinance institutions (MFIs) -- and poverty levels in developing countries. We propose a concept termed herein <italic>financial permeation</italic> to describe...

This study explores the time-varying correlations among the bank industry Credit Default Swap (CDS) indices for the EU, the UK and the US, using the asymmetric Dynamic Conditional Correlation (DCC) model developed by Cappiello <italic>et al</italic>. (2006). The main findings of the study include: (i) The...

This article investigates the sustainability of trade balances in the sub-Saharan African regions, using both the panel unit root (Im--Pesaran--Shin (IPS)) test proposed by Im <italic>et al.</italic> (2003) and the cross-sectionally augmented version of the IPS (Pesaran Cross-sectional IPS (CIPS)) test suggested...