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theoretically that volatility in fundamental variables such as the nominal interest rate that drive exchange rate volatility can … investment on exchange rate volatility. It is the first paper to provide empirical evidence that interest rate volatility may …
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Firms in emerging markets are exposed to severe financial frictions and credit constraints, that are exacerbated by the sudden stop of capital inflows. Can monetary policy offset this external credit squeeze? We show that although this may be the case during moderate contractions (or in partial...
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the exchange rate volatility, cyclicality and the FX risk premia in the data …
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the mean and volatility of equity returns. Our model assumes a small risk of a rare disaster that is calibrated based on … turns out to be crucial to the model's ability to explain both equity volatility and option prices. We explore different …
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examines the implications of stochastic volatility and jumps for option valuation. This example highlights the impact on option … amp;apos;smirksamp;apos; of the joint distribution of jumps in volatility and jumps in the underlying asset price, through …
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We conduct a comprehensive analysis of unspanned stochastic volatility in commodity markets in general and the crude …-oil market in particular. We present model-free results that strongly suggest the presence of unspanned stochastic volatility in … stochastic volatility. The model features correlations between innovations to futures prices and volatility, quasi …
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We use a novel pricing model to filter times series of diffusive volatility and jump intensity from Samp;P 500 index … about twice the premium required to compensate the same investor for the realized volatility, 5.8 percent. Moreover, the ex …
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In pricing primary-market options and in making secondary markets, financial intermediaries depend on the quality of forecasts of the variance of the underlying assets. Hence, the gain from improved pricing of options would be a measure of the value of a forecast of underlying asset returns....
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-series properties are also affected. For example, hires exhibit more volatility than separations in the published statistics, but the …
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data are consistent with the view that employment in European industries, at least France and Germany, is much less …
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