Stock Market Volatility and the Business Cycle.
This paper investigates the joint time series behavior of monthly stock returns and growth in industrial production. We find that stock returns are well characterized by year-long episodes of high volatility, separated by longer quiet periods. Real output growth, on the other hand, is subject to abrupt changes in the mean associated with economic recessions. We study a bivariate model in which these two changes are driven by related unobserved variables, and conclude that economic recessions are the primary factor that drives fluctuations in the volatility of stock returns. This framework proves useful both for forecasting stock volatility and for identifying and forecasting economic turning points. Copyright 1996 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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1996
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Authors: | Hamilton, James D ; Gang, Lin |
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Journal of Applied Econometrics. - John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.. - Vol. 11.1996, 5, p. 573-93
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John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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