Margin Regulation and Stock Market Volatility
利用日度和月度股票回报数据，发现美联储保证金要求并未有效抑制股市波动，并指出此前相反结论源于测试设计缺陷。
ABSTRACT Using daily and monthly stock returns we find no convincing evidence that Federal Reserve margin requirements have served to dampen stock market volatility. The contrary conclusion, expressed in recent papers by Hardouvelis (1988a , b ), is traced to flaws in his test design. We do detect the expected negative relation between margin requirements and the amount of margin credit outstanding. We also confirm the recent finding by Schwert (1988) that changes in margin requirements by the Fed have tended to follow rather than lead changes in market volatility.