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Gaussian inference on certain long-range dependent volatility models
Zaffaroni, Paolo - Banca d'Italia - 2003
For a class of long memory volatility models, we establish the asymptotic distribution theory of the Gaussian estimator …
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The size of the equity premium
Fornari, Fabio - Banca d'Italia - 2002
Among the many controversial variables in finance, risk premia stand out for their lack of observability. Measuring premia as the difference between realized returns on risky and risk-free assets has not led to unanimous conclusions about their size, which greatly depends on the length of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005113528
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Recovering the Probability Density Function of Asset Prices Using GARCH as Diffusion Approximations
Fornari, Fabio; Mele, Antonio - Banca d'Italia - 2001
equation of asset price changes and ii) volatility concepts different from the variance. The objective PDF of the asset price …-neutral PDF is extracted from crosssections of bond option prices, after introducing a volatility risk premium function. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005113677
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(Fractional) Beta Convergence
Michelacci, Claudio; Zaffaroni, Paolo - Banca d'Italia - 2000
Unit roots in output, an exponential 2 per cent rate of convergence and no change in the underlying dynamics of output seem to be three stylized facts that cannot go together. This paper extends the Solow-Swan growth model allowing for cross-sectional heterogeneity. In this framework, aggregate...
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Detecting long memory co-movements in macroeconomic time series
Moretti, Gianluca - Banca d'Italia - 2007
Cointegration analysis tests for the existence of a significant long-run equilibrium among some economic variables. Standard econometric procedures to test for cointegration have proven unreliable when the long-run relation among the variables is characterized by non-linearities and persistent...
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Estimating expectations of shocks using option prices
Cesare, Antonio Di - Banca d'Italia - 2004
point in time, the parameters of the model are estimated by minimizing the sum of squared implied volatility errors, and … their informational content is compared with the widely used Black and Scholes implied volatility, calculated on at … periods of high variability of asset prices the jump-diffusion approach may help to disentangle the cases in which volatility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005609384
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The role of financial investments in agricultural commodity derivatives markets
Borin, Alessandro; Nino, Virginia Di - Banca d'Italia - 2012
volatility of futures prices. The Granger-causality tests suggest that speculative investments usually follow � rather than … associated with lower volatility of futures returns, while that of swap dealers is sometimes followed by higher price variations. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009645788
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Temporal aggregation of univariate and multivariate time series models: A survey
Silvestrini, Andrea; Veredas, David - Banca d'Italia - 2008
We present a unified and up-to-date overview of temporal aggregation techniques for univariate and multivariate time series models explaining in detail how these techniques are employed. Some empirical applications illustrate the main issues.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005609326
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Money demand in the euro area: do national differences matter?
Dedola, Luca; Gaiotti, Eugenio; Silipo, Luca - Banca d'Italia - 2001
This paper assesses the relevance of national information in estimating the demand for euro-area M3 from three perspectives. First, we check whether aggregating national money demands is appropriate. Second, we compare time-series and panel methods to estimate aggregate long-run coefficients....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005609347
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Credit risk and business cycle over different regimes
Marcucci, Juri; Quagliariello, Mario - Banca d'Italia - 2008
In the recent banking literature on the relationship between credit risk and the business cycle, the presence of asymmetric effects both across credit risk regimes and through the business cycle has been generally neglected. Employing threshold regression models both at the aggregate and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005609366