Most of the empirical applications of the stochatic volatility (SV) model are based on the assumption that the conditional distribution of returns given the latent volatility process is normal. In this paper the SV model based on a conditional normal distribution is compa-red with SV...

Using high-frequency data, we decompose the time-varying beta for stocks into beta for continuous systematic risk and beta for discontinuous systematic risk. Estimated discontinuous betas for S&P500 constituents between 2003 and 2011 generally exceed the corresponding continuous betas. We...

We propose a mixed frequency stochastic volatility (MFSV) model for the dynamics of intraday asset return volatility. In order to account for long-memory we separate stochastic daily and intraday volatility patterns by introducing a long-run component that changes at daily frequency and a...