## Abstract Current literature is inconclusive as to whether idiosyncratic risk influences future stock returns and the direction of the impact. Earlier studies are based on historical realized volatility. Implied volatilities from option prices represent the market's assessment of future risk and
The relationship between implied and realized volatility: evidence from the Australian stock index option market
โ Scribed by Steven Li; Qianqian Yang
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 249 KB
- Volume
- 32
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0924-865X
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