Variation in idiosyncratic return volatility from 1978 to 2009 is attributable to discretionary accrual volatility and … and industry effects, and highlight the importance of managerial discretion in determining idiosyncratic volatility …

with higher pre-crisis earnings volatility, causing investors to demand a higher ambiguity premium for such firms. While … there is no relation between earnings volatility and stock returns under normal conditions, there is a significant negative … relation between crisis-period stock returns and prior earnings volatility. In other words, during economic turmoil, investors …

This study finds that stock return volatility is higher during periods of high tax policy uncertainty (TPU), even after … return volatility is more pronounced where firms are characterized by greater variability in tax outcomes. We adopt a broad … participants. We also document that the effects of TPU are concentrated in systematic volatility. Overall our results suggest that …

Asymmetries in volatility spillovers are highly relevant to risk valuation and portfolio diversification strategies in … volatility may spill over at different magnitudes. This paper fills this gap with two contributions. One, we suggest how to … quantify asymmetries in volatility spillovers due to bad and good volatility. Two, using high frequency data covering most …

This paper suggests how to quantify asymmetries in volatility spillovers that emerge due to bad and good volatility … stocks at the disaggregate level. Moreover, the spillovers of bad and good volatility are transmitted at different magnitudes …