We investigate the informational content of credit default swap (CDS) spreads for future volatility of (firm) assets … and equity. In the cross-section, CDS spreads are significantly more informative about future asset than equity volatility … fundamental difference in the cross-sectional predictability of asset and equity volatility. This difference lies in the leverage …

stock return data, which includes both features and allows the co-existence of long memory in volatility and short memory in … returns. We extend this model to allow the financial parameters governing the volatility-in-mean effect and the leverage …

require to bear the risk of fluctuations in stock market volatility. We develop a model in which return volatility and … volatility risk-premia are stochastic and derive no-arbitrage conditions linking volatility to macroeconomic factors. We estimate … realized volatility. We find that volatility risk-premia are strongly countercyclical, even more so than standard measures of …

require to bear the risk of fluctuations in stock market volatility. We develop a model in which stock volatility and … volatility risk-premia are stochastic and derive no-arbitrage conditions linking volatility to macroeconomic factors. We estimate … realized volatility. We find that volatility risk-premia are strongly countercyclical, even more so than standard measures of …

We examine the extent to which equity market returns volatility is affected by major macroeconomic announcements in an … volatility when we decompose the volatility on a monthly, daily, and subsample period basis. Furthermore, while we find that most … domestic macroeconomic announcements impact on the volatility, contrary to the literature, we find no evidence of impact from …

returns and increased volatility on the UK stock market. …