. This paper empirically examines (a) the statistical properties of the Korea's representative implied volatility index … volatility process of the index, using augmented heterogeneous autoregressive (HAR) models with exogenous covariates. The results … macroeconomic variables explain the VKOSPI. More importantly, we find that the stock market return and implied volatility index of …

) the statistical properties of the Korea's representative implied volatility index (VKOSPI) derived from the KOSPI 200 … options and (b) macroeconomic and financial variables that can predict the implied volatility process of the index, using … the VKOSPI. In addition, we find that the stock market return and implied volatility index of the US market (i.e., the S …