firms can observe each other's decisions, they are able to increase the accuracy of their actions. While reducing volatility … at the individual level, social learning may lead to an increase in volatility at the aggregate level depending on the … network topology. Moreover, if the network is very asymmetric, aggregate volatility does not decay as predicted by the law of …

This paper suggests how to quantify asymmetries in volatility spillovers that emerge due to bad and good volatility … stocks at the disaggregate level. Moreover, the spillovers of bad and good volatility are transmitted at different magnitudes …

volatility índices (namely the originally created RTSVX and the new RVI that has replaced it), using daily data over the period …

We study a segmented-markets setting in which self-fulfilling volatility can arise. The only requirements are (i) asset … valuation ratios stationary (e.g., cash flow growth rises when valuations rise). We prove that when self-fulfilling volatility … susceptible to self-fulfilling fluctuations. The tight theoretical connection between price volatility and arbitrage is detectable …

for the years 1970 - 2004, we document how the volatility of hours worked and of wages of workers at different skill … volatility of employment, and this effect is strongest for low-skilled workers. A higher share of low-skilled employment has a … dampening impact. -- labor-market volatility ; skill levels ; financial globalization …

This paper presents empirical evidence against the popular perception that macro volatility is exogenous. We obtain tax … effects on macro volatility, explicitly modeling the unobserved variance process. We find a strong empirical link between … taxes and output volatility. Accounting for non-stationarity of taxes and output volatility, we find empirical evidence of a …