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The Price of Political Uncertainty: Theory and Evidence from the Option Market / Bryan Kelly, Lubos Pastor, Pietro Veronesi.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kelly, Bryan.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w19812.
- NBER working paper series no. w19812
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Other Title:
- Price of Political Uncertainty
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2014.
- Summary:
- We empirically analyze the pricing of political uncertainty, guided by a theoretical model of government policy choice. To isolate political uncertainty, we exploit its variation around national elections and global summits. We find that political uncertainty is priced in the equity option market as predicted by theory. Options whose lives span political events tend to be more expensive. Such options provide valuable protection against the price, variance, and tail risks associated with political events. This protection is more valuable in a weaker economy and amid higher political uncertainty. The effects of political uncertainty spill over across countries.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- January 2014.
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