of the volatility spread to skewness. We measure skewness from option prices and test these predictions. We find that … conditioning on skewness increases the predictive power of the volatility spread and that coefficient estimates accord with theory … the term structure of option-implied volatility, skewness and kurtosis and find that time-dependence in returns has a …

In a tractable stochastic volatility model, we identify the price of the smile as the price of the unspanned risks … traded in SPX option markets. The price of the smile reflects two persistent volatility and skewness risks, which imply a …-form and structural models of stochastic volatility …

We document a higher bond return volatility around the time of default for bonds included in CDS auctions (especially … stock return volatility of CDS firms and non-CDS firms around the time of default. These results are more consistent with …

liquidity and volatility. We extend the empirical research by the identification of FTT announcement and short-run treatment … effects, which may distort difference-in-differences estimates. In addition, we account not only for the intraday volatility … but also for long-term volatility measures. While we find strong evidence for a positive FTT announcement effect on …

, the author argues that there is a relationship between HFT, increased market volatility, fall in trading activity …

This paper examines mean and volatility spillovers between four green municipal bonds issued by the US states of …

financial market that features volatility uncertainty. To have a mathematical consistent framework we use the notion of G … this more complex situation and consider stock price dynamics which exclude arbitrage opportunities. Due to volatility … claims and deduce explicit results in a Markovian setting. -- Pricing of contingent claims ; incomplete markets ; volatility …