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On the effects of private information on volatility
Opschoor, Anne; Wel, Michel van der; Dijk, Dick van; … - 2011 - This version: May 9, 2011
We study the impact of private information on volatility in financial markets. We develop a comprehensive framework to … private information on prices and the effects of public information on volatility. Using a high-frequency 30-year U … statistically and economically significant explanatory variables for volatility. Private information is more important than public …
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Spot variance path estimation and its application to high frequency jump testing
Bos, Charles S.; Janus, Paweł; Koopman, Siem Jan - 2009
This paper considers spot variance path estimation from datasets of intraday high frequency asset prices in the presence of diurnal variance patterns, jumps, leverage effects and microstructure noise. We rely on parametric and nonparametric methods. The estimated spot variance path can be used...
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Intraday price discovery in fragmented markets
Ozturk, Sait; Wel, Michel van der; Dijk, Dick van - 2014
) does not lead the entire day. Spreads, the number of trades and volatility can explain almost half of the intraday …
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Option prices and model-free measurement of implied herd behavior in stock markets
Linders, Daniël; Dhaene, Jan; Schoutens, Wim - 2015 - This version: December 20, 2014
In this paper, we introduce two classes of indices which can be used to measure the market perception concerning the degree of dependency that exists between a set of random variables, representing different stock prices at a fixed future date. The construction of these measures is based on the...
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What option prices tell us about the ECB's unconventional monetary policies
Olijslagers, Stan; Petersen, Annelie; Vette, Nander de; … - 2018
We use a series of different approaches to extract information about crash risk from option prices for the Euro-Dollar exchange rate, with each step sharpening the focus on extracting more specific measures of crash risk around dates of ECB measures of Unconventional Monetary Policy. Several...
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Herding, information cascades and volatility spillovers in futures markets
McAleer, Michael; Radalj, Kim - 2013
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Cycles and multiple equilibria in the market for durable lemons
Janssen, Maarten C. W.; Karamychev, Vladimir A. - 2000
We investigate the nature of market failure in a dynamic version of Akerlof (1970) where identical cohorts of a durable good enter the market over time. In the dynamic model, equilibria with qualitatively different properties emerge. Typically, in equilibria of the dynamic model, sellers with...
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Continuous time trading in markets with adverse selection
Janssen, Maarten C. W.; Karamychev, Vladimir A. - 2000
We investigate the nature of the adverse selection problem in a market for adurable goodwhere trading and entry of new buyers and sellers takes place in continuoustime. In thecontinuous time model equilibria with properties that are qualitativelydifferent from thestatic equilibria, emerge....
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Credit rationing effects of credit value-at-risk
Slijkerman, Jan Frederik; Smant, David Jan Cornelis; … - 2004
Banks provide risky loans to firms which have superior information regarding the quality of their projects. Due to asymmetric information the banks face the risk of adverse selection. Credit Value-at-Risk (CVaR) regulation counters the problem of low quality, i.e. high risk, loans and therefore...
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Competition for a prize
Noll, Rob van der - 2006
I present a model in which individuals compete for a prize by choosing to apply or not. Abilities are private information and in attempt to select the best candidate, the committee compares applicants with an imperfect technology. The choice of application cost, size of the prize and use of...
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