Essays about: "volatility decomposition"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the words volatility decomposition.

  1. 1. Decomposing Import Price Inflation in the EU

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Statistiska institutionen

    Author : Isak Skaghammar; Johannes Reuterwall; [2023]
    Keywords : Import price inflation; decomposition; supply and demand; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis examines what drives import price inflation in the EU by decomposing it into supply and demand driven inflation. The decomposition is done by using product level import data retrieved from Eurostat. The paper examines the period from 2019-01 to 2023-01 which captures events such as the Covid-19 and the war in Ukraine. READ MORE

  3. 2. Rare Earth Metals' Resiliency and Volatility Spillover Effects : A Critical Supply Assessment for Western Technologies From a Risk Management Perspective

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Nationalekonomi; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Farzam Ebrahimi; Samuel Elm; [2023]
    Keywords : Rare Earth Metals; Interconnectedness; Conditional Volatility; Risk Management; Value at Risk; Event Study;

    Abstract : This paper explores the relationship between Chinese rare earth metals (REMs) and the industries in the U.S and Europe that heavily rely on them. READ MORE

  4. 3. Decomposition of ETFs: Building a synthetic portfolio of ETFs major positions

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Donatas Gadlijauskas; Evelina Sarul; [2022]
    Keywords : ETF; Portfolio optimization; Sharpe ratio; VaR; GARCH; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper investigates the performance of benchmark indices and according ETFs against the synthetic portfolios that were built using the five major holdings of the selected benchmark index and its ETF. Not only do we test the synthetic portfolios, but from them, we make optimal (re-balanced) portfolios using mean-variance optimization (with short-selling constraints). READ MORE

  5. 4. Modeling asymmetry in volatility response - non-Gaussian innovations approach

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statistiska institutionen

    Author : Ludvig Göransson; [2020]
    Keywords : ARCH; GARCH; APARCH; Asymmetric GARCH; non-Gaussian innovations; Laplace distribution; Leverage effect; Stylized facts; Volatility process.; Mathematics and Statistics;

    Abstract : This thesis is an explorative note on the non-Gaussian innovations of the volatility process. More specifically, the thesis investigates if the decomposition of the Standard Classical Laplace (SCL) distribution to a difference of two exponential is a valid alternative to modelling the asymmetric volatility processes, taking volatility clustering, the leverage effect and asymmetric response in volatility into account. READ MORE

  6. 5. On the Sources of the Great Moderation in Italy - A Time Varying VAR Approach

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Giovanni Sciacovelli; [2018]
    Keywords : Bayesian Estimation; Great Moderation; Italy; Time Varying Parameters; Vector Autoregression Analysis;

    Abstract : The Great Moderation, a long-lasting period of reduced fluctuations in key macroeconomic variables, has attracted the attention of many scholars because of the positive outcomes associated with low volatility. The aim of these studies has mainly been to identify the ultimate source of this phenomenon. READ MORE