volatility on foreign exchange markets. Starting point is the market participant's microeconomic investment decision, which is … trading volume and volatility on foreign exchange markets. We apply various two-country-models with representative market …

into volatility persistence in stock returns. In part two, I show that the introduction of continuous trading on the WSE is … volatility on days after limit hits and positive autocorrelation in stock returns. I do not find significant advantages of this …

mid-1980s, in contrast to the simultaneous volatility decline of most aggregates, including overall hours and employment … the skill premium, it is interesting to check its short-run implications for employment volatility. The numerical results … DSGE models' implications for overall labor market' volatility. …

examines stock market volatility around national elections and finds that investors are exposed to substantial election risk …. Factors that magnify the election-induced excess volatility are identified. The third part presents new empirical evidence …

.In the third essay, a structural change in the volatility of five Asian and U.S. stockmarkets is examined during the post … volatility for Thailand and U.S. Also,results show that the Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity …