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Financial Market Volatility: A Survey

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  • Louis O. Scott

    (International Monetary Fund)

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Volatility in financial markets has forced economists to re-examine the validity of the efficient markets hypothesis, and new empirical approaches have been applied to the study of this important issue in recent years. Many of the recent studies have found evidence of excessive volatility. In the aftermath of the stock market crash of 1987 and the perceived increase in market volatility, some economists have advocated additional market regulations. This paper presents a review of recent studies on financial market volatility.

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  • Louis O. Scott, 1991. "Financial Market Volatility: A Survey," IMF Staff Papers, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 38(3), pages 582-625, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:imfstp:v:38:y:1991:i:3:p:582-625
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    1. Ercan Balaban, 1995. "The Term Structure of Volatility in the Turkish Stock Market," Discussion Papers 9510, Research and Monetary Policy Department, Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey.
    2. Hang Zhang & Evangelos Giouvris, 2022. "Measures of Volatility, Crises, Sentiment and the Role of U.S. ‘Fear’ Index (VIX) on Herding in BRICS (2007–2021)," JRFM, MDPI, vol. 15(3), pages 1-42, March.
    3. Fakhfekh, Mohamed & Hachicha, Nejib & Jawadi, Fredj & Selmi, Nadhem & Idi Cheffou, Abdoulkarim, 2016. "Measuring volatility persistence for conventional and Islamic banks: An FI-EGARCH approach," Emerging Markets Review, Elsevier, vol. 27(C), pages 84-99.
    4. Leonard Mushunje & Maxwell Mashasha & Edina Chandiwana, 2023. "Short-term Volatility Estimation for High Frequency Trades using Gaussian processes (GPs)," Papers 2311.10935, arXiv.org.
    5. Patricia Fraser & Nicolaas Groenewold, 2000. "The effect of exchange rate shocks on the volatility of Australian sector excess returns: a note," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 7(2), pages 77-81.
    6. Colm Kearney & Kevin Daly, 1998. "The causes of stock market volatility in Australia," Applied Financial Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 8(6), pages 597-605.
    7. Patricia Fraser & David Power, 1997. "Stock return volatility and information: an empirical analysis of Pacific Rim, UK and US equity markets," Applied Financial Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 7(3), pages 241-253.
    8. Stevens, Paul, 1996. "Oil prices : The start of an era?," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 24(5), pages 391-402, May.
    9. Shahid Ebrahim, M. & Mathur, Ike, 2001. "Investor heterogeneity, market segmentation, leverage and the equity premium puzzle," Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 25(10), pages 1897-1919, October.

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    JEL classification:

    • E44 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
    • G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates
    • G14 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies; Insider Trading

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