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Xu, Qi (2016) Essays in empirical finance. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.
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Abstract
This thesis consists of three papers in the area of empirical finance. Chapter 2 investigates the role of realized jumps detected from high frequency data in predicting future volatility from both statistical and economic perspectives. We show that separating jumps from diffusion improves volatility forecasting both in-sample and out-of-sample. Moreover, we show that these statistical improvements can be translated into economic value. We find a risk-averse investor can significantly improve her portfolio performance by incorporating realized jumps into a volatility timing based portfolio strategy.
Chapter 3 investigates the use of high frequency data in large dimensional portfolio allocation. We consider the use of high frequency data beyond the estimation of the realized covariance matrix. Portfolio strategies using high frequency data in measuring and forecasting univariate realized volatility can generate statistically significant and economically tangible benefits compared to low frequency strategies. Moreover, using high frequency data to separate realized volatility into different components and construct realized higher moments can also enhance portfolio performance. Strategies using upside and downside volatility components and using realized skewness can deliver incremental economic benefits over the strategy using total realized volatility alone.
Chapter 4 investigates the pricing of volatility risks in currency markets. Firstly, we show that pricing volatility risk can be understood by pricing some of its components. We find that diffusive volatility dominates jump volatility in pricing carry trade returns, while jump volatility is important to explain the joint cross-section of carry trade and momentum returns. Both short run and long run components are priced, and the short run component is more important in general. Secondly, we suggest that factors similar to volatility in identifying bad states, i.e. volatility of volatility and cross sectional volatility are also priced in currency returns and they cannot be fully subsumed by conventional volatility risks.
Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HG Finance | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Corporations -- Finance, Finance | ||||
Official Date: | January 2016 | ||||
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Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||
Theses Department: | Warwick Business School | ||||
Thesis Type: | PhD | ||||
Publication Status: | Unpublished | ||||
Supervisor(s)/Advisor: | Taylor, Mark, 1969- ; Nolte, Ingmar | ||||
Extent: | xii, 201 leaves : charts | ||||
Language: | eng |
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