volatility, but without the estimation problems associated with the latter, and being applicable in the multivariate setting for … model in several ways, it allows for all the primary stylized facts of financial asset returns, including volatility … EM-algorithm is developed for estimation. Each element of the vector return at time t is endowed with a common univariate …

Theory suggests a relationship between both volatility of volatility, variance risk premium, and the equity risk … premium. We empirically investigate the relationship between volatility of volatility and the equity risk premium, and the … relationship between the variance risk premium and the equity risk premium. We find that volatility of volatility alone explains 5 …

This paper studies the intertemporal relation between U.S. volatility risk and international equity risk premia. We … show that a common volatility risk factor constructed from the option-implied U.S. forward variances positively and … robust to the inclusion of existing domestic and U.S. predictors and alternative U.S. volatility risk proxies. The …

foreign exchange markets. -- Random Lognormal cascades ; GMM estimation ; best linear forecasting ; volatility of financial … Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) estimation procedure to cope with the documented difficulties of previous methodologies. We … by estimating the intermittency parameter and forecasting of volatility for a sample of financial data from stock and …

We examine the performance of volatility models that incorporate features such as long (short) memory, regime …-t). Second, we perform a comprehensive panel forecasting analysis of the MSM models as well as other competing volatility models … (GMM) estimation are both suitable for MSM-t models, (ii) empirical panel forecasts of MSM-t models show an improvement …

leverage effect and the volatility feedback effect. We stress the importance of distinguishing between realized volatility and … implied volatility, and find that implied volatilities are essential for assessing the volatility feedback effect. The … leverage hypothesis asserts that return shocks lead to changes in conditional volatility, while the volatility feedback effect …