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Stock Volatility and the Crash of '87 / G. William Schwert.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schwert, G. William.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w2954.
- NBER working paper series no. w2954
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 1989.
- Summary:
- This paper analyzes the behavior of stock return volatility using daily data from 1885 through 1987. The October 1987 stock market crash was unusual in many ways relative to prior history. In particular, stock volatility jumped dramatically during and after the crash, but it returned to lower. more normal levels quickly. I use data on implied volatilities from call option prices and estimates of volatility from futures contracts on stock indexes to confirm this result.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- May 1989.
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