.e., the Chicago Board of Trade Volatility Index (VIX). The VIX is designed to perform as a leading indicator of the volatility … estimation show that, in the first and second subperiods that cover from 6/2013 through 5/2016, equity market volatility in the …

The present study addresses the economic interpretation of stock market volatility. We argue that its character is … volatility. This exploits the revealed reaction of investors to gauge the degree of information and uncertainty ascribed to … volatility. We estimate simultaneous timevarying coefficient models, using data of US and further stock markets. We find the …