Affiliation:
1. Yale University and National Bureau of Economic Research
2. University of Chicago and National Bureau of Economic Research
Abstract
Abstract
We document a form of excess volatility that is difficult to reconcile with standard models of prices, even after accounting for variation in discount rates. We compare prices of claims on the same cash flow stream but with different maturities. Standard models impose precise internal consistency conditions on the joint behavior of long- and short-maturity claims and these are strongly rejected in the data. In particular, long-maturity prices are significantly more variable than justified by the behavior at short maturities. We reject internal consistency conditions in all term structures that we study, including equity options, currency options, credit default swaps, commodity futures, variance swaps, and inflation swaps.
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Subject
Economics and Econometrics
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