Estimating time varying risk premia in the term structure: The ARCH-M model

RF Engle, DM Lilien, RP Robins - Econometrica: journal of the Econometric …, 1987 - JSTOR
The expectation of the excess holding yield on a long bond is postulated to depend upon its
conditional variance. Engle's (1982a) ARCH model is extended to allow the conditional …

Aggregate economic activity and the variance of inflation: another look

NE Coulson, RP Robins - Economics Letters, 1985 - Elsevier
The time series of forecast errors and forecast variances estimated from Engle's ARCH
model are used to estimate the relationship between the volatility of inflation and key …

Forecast combination in a dynamic setting

N Edward Coulson, RP Robins - Journal of Forecasting, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
We examine the implications of allowing lags into forecast combination regressions, thereby
extending previous models. The practical conclusion is that lagged dependent variables, …

Discriminating between wealth and information effects in event studies in accounting and finance research

RW Sanders, RP Robins - Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 1991 - Springer
This article examines the power of tests of given size to detect and distinguish between
wealth (ie, mean) and information (ie, variance) effects in event studies. We find that an …

Non-reversible tissue fixation retains extracellular vesicles for in situ imaging

…, HL Remmel, S Mukherjee, BM Levine, RP Robins… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are secreted nanosized particles with many biological functions
and pathological associations. The inability to image EVs in fixed tissues has been a major …

[PDF][PDF] No more weekend effect

RP Robins, GP Smith - Critical Finance Review, 2016 - cfr.pub
Before 1975, the mean weekend rate of return on the equal-weight (value-weight) stock
market portfolio is significant− 18bp (− 19bp). After 1975, it is insignificant− 5bp (− 1bp). This …

On unmodeled breaks in the turn of the year, turn of the month, and january effects

RP Robins, GP Smith - Financial Review, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
We produce convincing new evidence that the turn of the year (TOY), turn of the month (TOM),
and January effects are critically dependent on the sample period over which they are …

Performing an event study: An exercise for finance students

WA Reese Jr, RP Robins - The Journal of Economic Education, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
This exercise helps instructors teach students how to perform a simple event study. The study
tests to see if stocks earn abnormal returns when added to the S&P 500. Students select a …

An analysis of the risk in discretely rebalanced option hedges and delta-based techniques

RP Robins, B Schachter - Management Science, 1994 - pubsonline.informs.org
The stochastic properties of discretely rebalanced option hedges have been studied
extensively beginning with Black and Scholes (1973). In each analysis hedges were “delta-neutral” …

Forecasting quarterly data using monthly information

P Rathjens, RP Robins - Journal of Forecasting, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
There are occasions when researchers are interested in quarterly forecasts of variables that
are released at higher frequencies. In these situations it is common for researchers to …