Realized volatility transmission: The role of jumps and leverage effects

Michael Soucek and Neda Todorova

Economics Letters, 2014, vol. 122, issue 2, 111-115

Abstract: This paper is the first to employ a multivariate extension of the LHAR–CJ model for realized volatility of Corsi and Renó (2012) considering continuous and jump volatility components and leverage effects. The model is applied to financial (S&P 500), commodity (WTI crude oil) and forex (US$/EUR) intraday futures data and allows new insights in the transmission mechanisms among these markets. Besides significant leverage effects, we find that the jump components of all considered assets do not contain incremental information for the one-step ahead realized volatility. The volatility of S&P 500 and US$/EUR exchange rate futures exhibits significant spillovers to the realized volatility of WTI. Moreover, decreasing equity prices appear to increase volatility in other markets, while strengthening of the US$ seems to calm down the crude oil market.

Keywords: Volatility transmission; Jumps; Leverage effects; Realized volatility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C5 G1 G15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2013.11.007

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