This paper examines the effect of macroeconomic releases on stock market volatility through a Poisson … relevant to explain jump dynamics and improve volatility forecasts on event days is provided. -- Conditional jump intensity … ; conditional volatility ; macroeconomic announcements …

targets on public companies' stock price returns and volatility. We find no evidence that committing or setting a target … yields higher returns but contributes to a reduction in price volatility, albeit the impact is short-lived. In view of these …