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 … Structure Models ; Stochastic Volatility ; ARCH …

models, such as discrete time series models, time-inhomogeneous diffusion models, stochastic volatility models, jump …

By extending the GARCH option pricing model of Duan (1995) to more flexible volatility estimation it is shown that the … prices of out-of-the-money options strongly depend on volatility features such as asymmetry. Results are provided for the …

is the volatility coefficient which in turn obeys an autoregression type equation log v t = w + a S t- l + nt with an …

assets, stock market indices, exchange rates etc. A particular problem in investigating multivariate volatility processes … arises from the high dimensionality implied by a simultaneous analysis of variances and covariances. Parametric volatility … to a parametric approach, namely the multivariate GARCH model. -- stochastic volatility model ; adaptive estimation …