In this paper we present an integral equation approach for the valuation of European-style installment derivatives when the premium payments, made continuously throughout the contract’s life, are assumed to be a function of the asset price and time variables. The contribution of this study is...

Many ways exist to measure and model financial asset volatility. In principle, as the frequency of the data increases, the quality of forecasts should improve. Yet, there is no consensus about a "true" or "best" measure of volatility. In this paper we propose to jointly consider absolute daily...

In this paper we evaluate the impact that stock returns recorded between market closing and opening the next business day have on intra-daily volatility. A simple test shows that the estimated volatility clustering of the intra-daily returns may be affected by a market opening surprise bias. An...

Volatility forecasting is one of the main issues in the financial econometrics literature. Volatility measures may be derived from statistical models for conditional variance, or from option prices. In recent times, indices have been suggested which summarize the implied volatility of widely...

English Abstract: The European Directive on mortgage loans provides important new set of rules specially for those civil law countries (as Italy) having a no efficient foreclosure procedure. The main task of the Directive is not only to give more protection to consumer, in fact the main task is...

Italian Abstract: L'informazione letterale, anche nella più sintetica disciplina delle informazioni chiave, sembra aver definitivamente fallito la sua missione di consentire all'investitore di compiere una decisione di investimento informata. Le nuove regole esaltano il dato numerico...

Italian Abstract: Il lavoro effettua una verifica della capacità dell'oro di costituire un'attività rifugio (safe haven asset) nelle fasi di forte tensione sui mercati finanziari. Sotto questo aspetto, l'oro viene confrontato con altri potenziali safe haven assets (titoli sovrani tedeschi e...

English Abstract: This study investigates the effect of the publication of spin-off news, published between 2000 and 2011 in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), on the abnormal returns of companies involved in the deal. The results of the empirical analysis developed through an event study on a...

English Abstract: They can be seen as the sum of a bond and an option (derivative component). The work explores some of the issues for the evaluation of the theoretical value (or fair value) of this type of bonds, providing an order of magnitude of the difference between the issue price (gross...