We hypothesize two channels in which market volatility affects initial public offering (IPO) activity. First, CEOs time … the market for IPOs and volatility makes this decision process harder. Second, risk-averse IPO investors become more … reluctant towards IPOs during periods of higher volatility for their after-IPO returns. We provide evidence that higher market …

leverage effect and the volatility feedback effect. We stress the importance of distinguishing between realized volatility and … implied volatility, and find that implied volatilities are essential for assessing the volatility feedback effect. The … leverage hypothesis asserts that return shocks lead to changes in conditional volatility, while the volatility feedback effect …

The option implied volatility spread and skew predict stock returns. These variables also reflect the expected cost of … stock returns; however, the volatility spread and skew do not once this implied fee is considered. Results are similar for a … yet in stock prices. These findings indicate that the volatility spread and skew predict returns because they proxy for …

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 …

Volatility is an important component of asset pricing; an increase in volatility on markets can trigger changes in the … hypothesized that there are movements in risk that are driven by volatility linked to sentiment-driven noise trader activity whose … investor sentiment and stock return volatility which shows that behavioural finance can significantly explain the behaviour of …