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The thesis consists of two essays: "The CAPM -- A General Equilibrium Foundation" and "The Foreign Exchange Rate in Financial Markets".The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) is one of the most successful models for portfolio selection. The utility functions are assumed to depend positively on...
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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 …
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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 …
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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. …
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statistische Theorie postuliert. Der Zinsfaktor ist stets deutlich signifikanter und hat einen höheren Erklärungsgehalt, wenn der … has the strongest impact on the results as also postulated by statistic theory. The interest rate factor is always …
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Charakterisierung der Geldpolitik wird dann die Zinsstruktur unter der Annahme fehlender Arbitragemöglichkeiten hergeleitet. Das …. Die Analyse offenbart, dass der "curvature"-Faktor informativer in Bezug auf die zukünftige Entwicklung der Zinsstruktur …
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In der vorliegenden Arbeit werden im theoretischen Teil die bekannten Verfahren zur Schätzung der deutschen Zinsstrukturkurve vorgestellt.Im praktischen Teil werden drei Modelle an Hand von wöchentlichen Anleihepreisdaten von Januar 1999 bis Dezember 2000 miteinanderverglichen. Außerdem...
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on the specification of the volatility structure of forward rates. Thus, if any errors exist on the observed yield curve … the cap implied volatility. Incorporating the three residual factors improves the explained variance in cap implied … volatility to over 95 percent. We investigate the reasons behind the “amplification” of yield curve residuals in pricing interest …
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This paper estimates the slope of the yield curve using quarterly data on real GDP and the nominal spread proxied by the difference in returns from the 10 year bond rate and the 90 day bill rate. The time-series analysis after proper unit root tests using stationary variables revealed that the...
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evidence of rejection of the EH has weaken over time. Also, we introduce a new estimation method for the stochastic volatility … new method works well for the stochastic volatility model of short-term interest rates. …
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