In this paper, we study mutual fund performance in terms of timing ability with daily data from 1998 to 2009. A novel timing model is proposed by incorporating the regime-switching framework into the Treynor and Mazuy (1966) model. The volatility follows a generalized autoregressive conditional...

We investigate the relationship between a mutual fund’s variation in systematic risk factor exposures and its future performance. Using a dynamic state space version of Carhart (1997)’s four factor model to capture risk factor variation, we find that funds with volatile risk factor exposures...

Using a dynamic state-space framework, we examine the persistence of US equity mutual fund performance. Performance is estimated from standard factor models via a Kalman filter following that of Mamaysky et al. (2008), which has not been used in the persistence literature until now. Persistence...

Viele aktive Entscheidungen bei der Anlage in Wertpapieren werden auf Basis von Informationen getroffen, die mit Hilfe empirischer Analysen historischer Finanzdaten gewonnen wurden. Leider sind die meisten Ergebnisse dieser Analysen sehr anfällig gegenüber einer Änderung der Zeitparameter,...

The paper presents a modification of the matching and difference-in-differences approach of Heckman et al. (1998) for the staggered treatment adoption design and a Stata tool that implements the approach. This flexible conditional difference-in-differences approach is particularly useful for...

The demographic transition is a phenomenon affecting many industrialized societies. These economies are experiencing a decline in mortality alongside low fertility rates - a situation that puts social security systems under severe pressure. To implement appropriate reform measures, adequate...