In this paper, two different versions of the agent-based DSGE (dynamic stochastic general equilibrium) model are studied in comparison The first version is the mesoscopic modeling of market sentiment using the Brock–Hommes adaptive belief system (ABS). The second version is the microscopic...

Using samples of 25 emerging market countries (EMCs) and 22 industrial countries (ICs), we derive currency misalignment from estimating the equilibrium exchange rate based on the purchasing power parity theory and by considering the Balassa–Samuelson effect. We then examine factors affecting...

This paper compares the changes in implied volatilities of options on Nasdaq 100 and Russell 2000 value and growth portfolios. Following Stein (1989) and Heynen, Kemna, and Vorst's (1994), we assume mean reversion, GARCH and EGARCH models for volatility. The empirical evidence using put options...