&D intensity and the volatility of its returns. …

What is the relationship between economic growth and its volatility? Does political instability affect growth directly … or indirectly, through volatility? This paper tries to answer such questions using a power-ARCH framework with annual … legislative changes) has an indirect (through volatility) negative impact. We also find preliminary support for the idea that …

In this paper, we study the dynamic interdependencies between high-frequency volatility, liquidity demand as well as …. Liquidity is causal for future volatility but not vice versa. Furthermore, trade sizes are negatively driven by past trading …

The pricing accuracy and pricing performance of local volatility models crucially depends on absence of arbitrage in … the implied volatility surface: an input implied volatility surface that is not arbitrage-free invariably results in … algorithms of the implied volatility surface cannot guarantee the absence arbitrage. Here, we propose an approach for smoothing …

This paper presents insights on U.S. business cycle volatility since 1867 de- rived from diffusion indices. We employ a … volatility across World War I, which is reversed after World War II. While we can generate evidence of postwar moderation …

We study the pattern of volatility of gross issuance in international capital markets since 1980. We find several short …-lived episodes of high volatility. Over the long run, however, volatility has declined, suggesting that international financial …-varying pattern of volatility, focusing in particular on the role of financial centers. Our results suggest that a significant portion …

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