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, 335 (1998)]. We hypothesise that the volatility scaling we find for these GDP constituents causes the volatility scaling …
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The sustainability of the Nigerian fiscal deficit along with the role of the dynamics of government revenues and spending in adjusting the size of the deficit is examined using annual data from 1961 to 2014. After allowing for structural breaks, the study finds evidence of a cointegration...
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This study investigates the price volatility of metals, using the GARCH and GJR models. First we examine the … persistence of volatility and the leverage effect across metal markets taking into account the presence of outliers, and second we … estimate the effects of oil price shocks on the price volatility of metals, allowing for the asymmetric responses. We use daily …
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This study investigates the price volatility of metals, using the GARCH and GJR models. First we examine the … persistence of volatility and the leverage effect across metal markets taking into account the presence of outliers, and second we … estimate the effects of oil price shocks on the price volatility of metals, allowing for the asymmetric responses. We use daily …
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Managed volatility strategies adjust market exposure in inverse relation to a risk estimate, to stabilize realized … portfolio volatility through time. Our paper examines strategy performance from an investment practitioner perspective. Using … compared with a buy-and-hold benchmark, on average, but with some variation. Managed volatility strategies achieve robust tail …
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insurance contracts a stochastic volatility model for equity prices would be more suitable. In this paper closed form … expressions are derived for prices of guaranteed annuity options assuming stochastic volatility for equity prices and either a 1 …-factor or 2-factor Gaussian interest rate model. The results indicate that the impact of ignoring stochastic volatility can …
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credit spreads and corporate bond volatility are highly correlated with economic uncertainty. Our model-implied risk premiums …
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observed volatility of private equity returns is unrealistically low because the recorded returns of private equity are based … the observed volatility. As an alternative to observed volatility some investors have argued that private equity … volatility should be estimated as leveraged public equity volatility, because private equity companies are more highly levered …
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The aim of this paper is to analyze the relationship between different types of uncertainty and stock returns of the renewable energy and the oil & gas sectors. We use the quantile regression approach developed by Koenker and d'Orey (1987; 1994) to assess which uncertainties are the potential...
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With the exception of naive methods for portfolio selection, such as the equal weighted approaches, all other methods of portfolio allocation are more or less sensitive to the quality of the inputs considered in constructing the models and risk measures utilised in the allocation framework. The...
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