The Stock Market: Bubbles, Volatility, and Chaos Proceedings of the

Gerald P. Dwyer, Jr. and R. W. Hafer The articles and commentaries included in this volume were presented at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis' thirteenth annual economic policy conference, held on October 21-22, 1988. The conference focused on the be

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The Stock Market: Bubbles, Volatility, and Chaos Proceedings of the Thirteenth Annual Economic Policy Conference of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis edited by Gerald P. Dwyer, Jr. Clemson University and Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and

R. W. Hafer Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville and Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Springer Science+Business Media, LLC

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Economic Palicy Conference of the Federal Reserve 8ank of St Louis (13th:1988 Federal Reserve Bank 01 SI. Louis) The stock market: bubbles, volatility, and chaos' proceedings of the Thirteenth Annual Economic Pallcy Conference of the Federal Reserve Bank 01 SI. Louls / edlted by Gerald P. Dwyer, Jr and R. W Haler p cm. Conlerence held 10/21-22/88. ISBN 978-90-481-5781-5

DOI 10.1007/978-94-015-7881-3

ISBN 978-94-015-7881-3 (eBook)

1. Stocks-Prices-United States-Congresses Gerald P. II. Haler, R. W (Rlk W) HG4915.E33 1988 332.63 '222' 0973-dc20

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Contents

Contributing Authors Acknowledgments

vii xi

1

Introduction Gerald P. Dwyer, Jr. and R. W. Hafer

2

Bubbles and Stock-Price Volatility Behzad T. Diba

9

Commentary by Robert P. Flood, Jr.

27

3

Do Fundamentals, Bubbles, or Neither Explain Stock Prices? Some International Evidence Gerald P. Dwyer, Jr. and R. W. Hafer

31

Commentary by George M. von Furstenberg and Bang Nam Jeon

69

4 Economic and Financial Data as Nonlinear Processes

81

James B. Ramsey

Commentary by W. Davis Dechert

135

5

Statistical Analysis of Price and Basis Behavior: October 12-26, 1987, S&P 500 Futures and Cash Eugene Moriarty, J. Douglas Gordon, Gregory Kuserk, and George Wang

141

Commentary by Lawrence Harris Commentary by Bradford Cornell

171 175

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VI

THE STOCK MARKET: BUBBLES, VOLATILITY, AND CHAOS

6

The Swiftness of Divine Retribution and Its Tendency to Mistake its Target: An Analysis of the Brady Report David D. Haddock

179

Commentary by Kenneth Lehn

196

Contributing Authors

Bradford Cornell

Anderson Graduate School of Management University of California-Los Angeles 405 Hilgard Avenue Los Angeles, California 90024

W. Davis Dechert Department of Economics University of Houston 4800 Calhoun Road Houston, Texas 77004

Behzad T. Diba Department of Economics Georgetown University 37th and 0 Streets, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20057

Gerald P. Dwyer, Jr. Department of Economics Clemson University Clemson, South Carolina 29631

Robert P. Flood, Jr. Research Department International Monetary Fund 700 19th Street, NW. Washington, D.C. 20431

J. Douglas Gordon O