We develop an empirically highly accurate discrete-time daily stochastic volatility model that explicitly distinguishes … inter-dependencies among the shocks to returns and the two different volatility components. The model estimates suggest that … the leverage effect, or asymmetry between returns and volatility, works primarily through the continuous volatility …

We develop a discrete-time affine stochastic volatility model with time-varying conditional skewness (SVS). Importantly …, we disentangle the dynamics of conditional volatility and conditional skewness in a coherent way. Our approach allows … autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity (GARCH), and stochastic volatility with jumps (SVJ) models. Our results are not due to …

Volatility has been one of the most active and successful areas of research in time series econometrics and economic … empirical insights to emerge from this burgeoning literature, with a distinct focus on forecasting applications. Volatility is … inherently latent, and Section 1 begins with a brief intuitive account of various key volatility concepts. Section 2 then …

Using high-frequency intraday data, we construct, test and model seven new realized volatility estimators for six … international equity indices. We detect jumps in these estimators, construct the jump components of volatility and perform various … effects of jumps on volatility. Our results expand and complement the previous literature on the nonparametric realized …

volatility (Heston model), enabling complete analytical resolution of all problems associated with American Style Options … volatility (Heston model) is expressive enough to enable derivation for the first time ever of corollary closed-form analytical … constant or stochastic volatility, will be below or above any set of thresholds at termination. Such assessments are absolutely …

://ssrn.com/abstract=2546430). • In this paper we report similar unique results for pricing options in the presence of stochastic volatility … Model. • Our discovery of the probability density function for options with stochastic volatility enables exact closed … the density function for options with stochastic volatility within the Heston model is expressive enough to enable …