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We study the pricing of shocks to uncertainty and volatility using a novel and wide-ranging set of options contracts. If uncertainty shocks are viewed as bad by investors, portfolios that hedge them should earn negative premia. Empirically, however, such portfolios have historically earned...
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risks. Portfolios hedging macro uncertainty have historically earned zero or even significantly positive returns, while … a simple extension of the long-run risk model …
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risks. Portfolios hedging macro uncertainty have historically earned zero or even significantly positive returns, while … a simple extension of the long-run risk model …
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construction of reliablesemi-parametric estimates of the risk associated with extreme pricemovements. Our approach is based on semi …
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between catastrophe risk and the implied volatility smile of insurance stock options. We find that the slope is significantly …, suggesting a higher risk compensation for catastrophic events. We are able to link the insurance-specific tail risk component … derived from options with the risk spread from catastrophe bonds. Our results provide an accurate, high-frequency calculation …
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