This study examines the spillover effects in international financial markets with respect to implied volatility indices. The use of the latter as the basis of integration analysis means that we test market participants’ expectations and not the actual price fluctuations. The empirical...

In this paper, we propose a new measure of Greek equity market volatility based on the prices of FTSE/ATHEX-20 index options. Greek Implied Volatility Index is calculated using the model-free methodology that involves option prices summations and is independent from the Black and Scholes pricing...

The FTSE 100 Volatility Index (VFTSE) reflects the market expectations of the future monthly volatility of the UK benchmark equity index, FTSE100. VFTSE is calculated using the model-free methodology that involves option prices summations and is independent from the Black and Scholes pricing...

In this paper a new measure of Greek stock market volatility based on the prices of FTSE/ATHEX-20 index options is proposed. Greek Implied Volatility Index is calculated using the model-free methodology that involves option prices summations and is independent from the Black and Scholes pricing...