theory but rather base the decision of the lag structure on a robust Lagrange Multiplier test. In contrast to U.S. data we … find that the volatility depends on either the interest rate level or information shocks but not on both. Finally, we … propose to describe the short term interest rate's dynamics by means of an AR(1) model with stochastic volatility. -- Term …

capturing both of the typical characteristics of the short-term interest rate: volatility persistence and the dependence of … volatility on the level of the interest rate. The model also allows for regime switches whose presence has been a third central …

which succeeds with high probability. -- Hedging ; superhedging ; Neyman Pearson lemma ; stochastic volatility ; value at …

We establish a relation between stochastic volatility models and the class of generalized hyperbolic distributions …

Stochastic Volatility (SV) models are widely used in financial applications. To decide whether standard parametric …

mean. For the volatility function, i.e., the conditional variance given the past, a multiplicative structure is more … appropriate than an additive one, as the volatility is a positive scale function and a multiplicative model provides a better … additive mean and the multiplicative volatility. The technique used is marginally integrated local polynomial estimation. The …

simultaneous estimation of the interdependent duration-volatility model. In an empirical application we utilize the model for an … indirect test of the hypothesis that volatility is caused by private information that affects prices when informed investors … trade. The result that volatility shocks significantly increase expected inter-transaction durations supports this …