Miccichè, Salvatore; Bonanno, Giovanni; Lillo, Fabrizio; … - In: Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 314 (2002) 1, pp. 756-761
We investigate the historical volatility of the 100 most capitalized stocks traded in US equity markets. An empirical probability density function (pdf) of volatility is obtained and compared with the theoretical predictions of a lognormal model and of the Hull and White model. The lognormal...