conditional volatility and density distribution close to the target zone limit, we present clear and direct evidence that the …

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 …

while allowing for aggregate stochastic volatility. We find that the bulk of yield dynamics comes from short rate …

Corporate bonds with large increases in implied volatility over the past month underperform those with large decreases … in implied volatility by 0.6% per month. In contrast to An, Ang, Bali, and Cakici (2014) who show that implied volatility … changes carry information about fundamental news, our evidence suggests that implied volatility changes contain information …

Empirical evidence suggests that fixed income markets exhibit unspanned stochastic volatility (USV), that is, that one … cannot fully hedge volatility risk solely using a portfolio of bonds. While Collin-Dufresne and Goldstein (2002) showed that …

called for. The approach is appealing when we consider state space models which feature stochastic volatility, or other non … stochastic volatility feature is particularly relevant when considering high frequency financial series. In addition, we propose … models. We assess the efficiency of our indirect inference estimator for the stochastic volatility model by comparing it with …

We incorporate a latent stochastic volatility factor and macroeconomic expectations in an affine model for the term … and implied volatility of T-bonds and survey forecasts of GDP growth and inflation. We find relatively stable inflation … risk premia averaging at 40bps at the long-end, and which are strongly related to the volatility factor and conditional …

against volatility risk increases after a market drop. This effect is stronger for short horizons and more persistent for long …

advantages: i) ensures nonnegative interest rates, ii) easily accommodates unspanned factors affecting volatility and risk …, volatility, and risk premium dynamics — including when interest rates are close to the zero lower bound …