This paper focuses on the effect of uncertainty as reflected by financial market variables on subjective well … report lower levels of life satisfaction in times of higher uncertainty approximated by stock market volatility. This effect … educated, and live in one of the GIIPS countries of the euro area. Furthermore, higher uncertainty in combination with a …

sensitivities to standard risk factors over the sample period from 2007 to 2014. By contrast, comparable bonds (same currency … denomination and credit rating category) issued by foreign entities did not offer significant risk-adjusted returns and exhibited … markedly different sensitivities to Swiss and global risk factors. However, the positive risk-adjusted returns on Swiss bonds …

market set-up that accounts for fundamental uncertainty. Nonetheless, the market is designed so that its total value is known …

A large number of measures for monitoring risk and uncertainty surrounding macroeconomic and financial outcomes have … researchers in their analyses. However, risk and uncertainty measures differ across multiple dimensions, including the method of … calculated. Therefore, in this paper, we review the literature on global risk, uncertainty, and volatility measures drawing on …