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 …

coefficients of coskewness and cokurtosis have the correct sign as predicted by the higher-moment CAPM theory but only cokurtosis … size and book-to-market ratio in Chapter 3. This is a cross-sectional test of the conditional CAPM. The models examined … portfolios.Next, I examine the recently proposed realized beta model, which is based on the realized volatility literature, by …

kernel that depends on returns, as in the CAPM or the APT, can accurately price assets. In this sense, theory based on …Recent developments in intertemporal asset pricing theory focus on two sets of fundamental determinants of asset …, most empirical applications, as well as the best practice in the financial industry, ignore much of what theory has to say …

returns. The finance literature has uncovered several potential failings of the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM). I … investigate the ability of additional risk factors, which are not considered by the CAPM, to explain these problems. In particular … to refine and reassess the cross-sectional evidence against the CAPM.In the first chapter, I test the cross …

long-run risks and fat tails, the pricing of VIX (CBOE Volatility Index) options and the market price of risk embedded in … estimate the structural parameters of the proposed model by maximum likelihood. I find that the stochastic volatility model … volatility risk. However, there is no consensus on the premium for market volatility risk. It can be positive or negative. The …

Die Dissertation wendet die fallgestützte Entscheidungstheorie (Case-Based Decision Theory) vorgeschlagen von Gilboa …The dissertation applies the case-based decision theory proposed by Gilboa and Schmeidler (1995) to financial markets …, excessive volatility, bubbles and high frequency of trades. Moreover, it can be shown that case-based investors can survive in …

valuation of the asset at any given time. However, most models for forecasting the return or volatility of assets completely … Australian markets which show that this model improves high frequency volatility forecasts. This is most evident for news which …

This study analyzes the impact of stock market liberalization on emerging equity market volatility, in twelve emerging … time-varying nature of conditional volatility following initial market opening. Second, we analyze the effect of … liberalization on stock market volatility while controlling for the fundamental sources of emerging equity market volatility. Finally …