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past transaction prices (the ticker). Some investors (insiders) observe prices in real-time whereas other investors … (outsiders) observe prices with a delay. As prices are informative about the asset payoff, insiders get a strictly larger …
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We study the real-time characteristics and drivers of jumps in option prices. To this end, we employ high frequency … data from the 24-hour E-mini S&P 500 options market. We find that option prices do not jump simultaneously across strikes …
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We document that a theoretically founded, real-time, and easy-to-implement option-based measure, termed synthetic-stock difference (SSD), accurately estimates the part of stock's expected return arising from stock's transaction costs. We calculate SSD for U.S. optionable stocks. SSD can be more...
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This paper proposes a methodology for constructing a Financial Conditions Indicator (FCI) based on factor analysis and the approaches of Brave and Butters (2011) and Aramonte et al. (2013). A selected set of variables is used and their information content aggregated into a single index that...
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This paper examines how financial fluctuations and macroeconomic stability interact in the case of Venezuela, acknowledging that financial conditions deteriorating the macroeconomic environment can arise with both good and bad macroeconomic performance. An empirical methodology is provided that...
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What is the role of financial speculation in determining the real oil price? We find that while macroeconomic shocks have been the major upward driver of the real oil price since the mid 1980s, also financial shocks have sizably contributed since the early 2000s, and at a much larger extent...
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This paper assessed the quantitative impact of ambiguity on historically observed financial asset returns and growth rates. The single agent, in a dynamic exchange economy, treats the conditional uncertainty about the consumption and dividends next period as ambiguous. We calibrate the agent's...
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The secular increase in globalization led to a substantial increase in the interconnectedness of global financial markets. This has important implications for the conduct of monetary policy, as central bank policies may diverge across countries, potentially affecting key transmission channels of...
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prices are constructed for housing expenditure and for services. Weights for these parts of household budgets and the … residual are found from panel surveys of household consumption. Relative prices of the consumption bundle for each year in the …, employees and workers are constructed. Combining data on incomes and on relative prices gives estimates of real incomes. The …
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