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distributions retain their shape, but not their localization (mean ) or size (volatility ) as the classical Gaussian distributions … time T and frequency . For example, the volatility of the lognormal financial price distribution, derived from the … generally, the volatility of the price return distributions of Calvet and Fisher's (2002) Multifractal Model for Asset Returns …
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This paper studies the effect of stock options expiration day on the underlying shares traded on the National Stock Exchange (NSE). Overall we tested for abnormal trading volume, abnormal price movement, individual stock reversal and stock pinning on expiration days. To the best of our...
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We use store-level data to document the exact process of changing prices and to directly measure menu costs at five multi-store supermarket chains. We show that changing prices in these establishments is a complex process, requiring dozens of steps and a nontrivial amount of resources. The menu...
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rigidity in response to the second shock than the first. The second data set consists of all publicly available information … about the shocks. Content analysis of these information reveals that the first shock is larger and more persistent, and the … market has more information on it than the second. We conclude, therefore, that prices are more flexible in response to cost …
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We empirically study the price adjustment process at multiproduct retail stores. We use a unique store level data set for five large supermarket and one drugstore chains in the U.S., to document the exact process required to change prices. Our data set allows us to study this process in great...
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The Value-at-Risk (VAR) measure is based on only the second moment of a rates of return distribution. It is an … insufficient risk performance measure, since it ignores both the higher moments of the pricing distributions, like skewness and …
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Portfolio diversification may not always lower the portfolio risk, but may actually increase it. It depends on the long … risk drastically. …
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We propose and empirically study a pricing model for convertible bonds based on Monte Carlo simulation. The method uses parametric representations of the early exercise decisions and consists of two stages. Pricing convertible bonds with the proposed Monte Carlo approach allows us to better...
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This paper investigates the joint hypothesis of market efficiency and unbiasedness of futures prices for the FTSE-20 blue chip index futures contract. The FTSE/ATHENS STOCK EXCHANGE (ASE)-20 futures market is the first organized derivatives market established in Greece and its operation rests...
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newly established ADEX can provide futures contracts that serve as a focal point of information assimilation and fulfil …
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