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| Title: | | Stale information, shocks and volatility  |
| Authors: | | Gropp, Reint Eberhard Kadareja, Arjan |
| Issue Date: | | 2007 |
| Series/Report no.: | | ZEW Discussion Papers 07-012 |
| Abstract: | | We propose a new approach to measuring the effect of unobservable private information or beliefs on volatility. Using high-frequency intraday data, we estimate the volatility effect of a well identified shock on the volatility of the stock returns of large European banks as a function of the quality of available public information about the banks. We hypothesise that, as the publicly available information becomes stale, volatility effects and its persistance should increase, as the private information (beliefs) of investors become more important. We find strong support for this idea in the data. We argue that the results have implications for debate surrounding the opacity of banks and the transparency requirements that may be imposed on banks under Pillar III of the New Basel Accord |
| Subjects: | | Realized volatility public information transparency |
| JEL: | | G14 G21 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | Publikationen von Forscherinnen und Forschern des ZEW ZEW Discussion Papers
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