Commodity price changes and the predictability of economic policy uncertainty

Y Wang, B Zhang, X Diao, C Wu - Economics Letters, 2015 - Elsevier
In this study, we forecast economic policy uncertainty (EPU) using input on 23 commodity price
changes. We reveal the significant predictability of EPU using three forecast combinations…

Momentum of return predictability

Y Wang, L Liu, F Ma, X Diao - Journal of Empirical Finance, 2018 - Elsevier
We find the momentum of predictability (MoP) that the forecasting performance of some
univariate regressions is persistent. A univariate model which outperforms the benchmark during …

Forecasting the real prices of crude oil under economic and statistical constraints

Y Wang, L Liu, X Diao, C Wu - Energy Economics, 2015 - Elsevier
Forecasting the real oil prices is important but notoriously difficult. In this paper, we apply
both economic and statistical restrictions to parameters of predictive regressions of real oil …

Heterogeneous investor attention and post earnings announcement drift: Evidence from China

X Chen, X Diao, C Wu - Economic Modelling, 2022 - Elsevier
We investigate the impacts of retail and nonretail investor attention on post earnings
announcement drift (PEAD) in China. Prior studies mainly posited that investor attention helps to …

The impacts of investor network and herd behavior on market stability: Social learning, network structure, and heterogeneity

Q Gong, X Diao - European Journal of Operational Research, 2023 - Elsevier
The networked structure of investor relationship has been documented by many researches.
This paper proposes a dynamic model based on investor network, and investigate the …

[HTML][HTML] From Stochastic to Rough Volatility: A New Deep Learning Perspective on Hedging

Q Zhu, X Diao - Fractal and Fractional, 2023 - mdpi.com
The Black–Scholes model assumes that volatility is constant, and the Heston model assumes
that volatility is stochastic, while the rough Bergomi (rBergomi) model, which allows rough …

The influence of mobile trading on return dispersion and herding behavior

Z Li, X Diao, C Wu - Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
Combining behavioral finance and asset pricing theory, we propose a modified empirical
model to examine equity return dispersion and herding behavior. We verify the effectiveness of …

Volatility forecast with the regularity modifications

Q Zhu, X Diao, C Wu - Finance Research Letters, 2023 - Elsevier
The promising empirical results presented using high-frequency data show that the log-volatility
behaves essentially as a fractional Brownian motion (fBm) with a Hurst exponent smaller …

Relationship between energy consumption and economic development in construction industry

D Xundi, S Liyin, Z Saixing, O Jose Jorge… - Journal of Engineering …, 2010 - emerald.com
Purpose – This paper aims to explain the current state of energy consumption and economic
development in Beijing's construction industry and identify the relationship between the two …

Structural break in different stock index markets in China

B Li, X Diao - The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper first presents a two-stage change point estimation approach in the framework of
online analysis to detect the Chinese stock market abrupt variations during the period from 4 …