increase in anticipation of auctions of new issues and decrease after the auction, while no or a smaller such effect is present … is no auction, is very similar to the secondary-market behaviour of the auctioned series. These findings support an …

increase in anticipation of auctions of new issues and decrease after the auction, while no or a smaller such effect is present … is no auction, is very similar to the secondary-market behavior of the auctioned series. These findings support an …

As a function of strike and time to maturity the implied volatility estimation is a challenging task in financial … econometrics. Dynamic Semiparametric Factor Models (DSFM) are a model class that allows for the estimation of the implied … volatility surface (IVS) in a dynamic context, employing semiparametric factor functions and time-varying loadings. Because …

secondary market at the day of the auction. Using intraday data from the Mercato Telematico dei titoli di Stato (MTS), I find … evidence of an intraday pronounced inverted V-Shape on the yield difference, which goes up with a maximum at the auction time …, and then recovers more than two hours after. This "auction effect" is significant for the Italian bonds and for the 10Y …