Volatility permeates modern financial theories and decision making processes. As such, accurate measures and good forecasts of future volatility are critical for the implementation and evaluation of asset and derivative pricing theories as well as trading and hedging strategies. In response to this

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We survey 401 financial executives, and conduct in-depth interviews with an additional 20, to determine the key factors that drive decisions related to reported earnings and voluntary disclosure. The majority of firms view earnings, especially EPS, as the key metric for outsiders, even more so than

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It is obvious that forecasts are of great importance and widely used in economics and finance. Quite simply, good forecasts lead to good decisions. The importance of forecast evaluation and combination techniques follows immediately-- forecast users naturally have a keen interest in monitoring

of macroeconomic volatility in Uruguay. An implication is that structural reforms aiming at improving incentives affecting public expenditure decisions could have a positive effect in moderating this source of volatility. To this end, the paper explores various policy options. First, it evaluates the benefits

ABSTRACT Since the capital investments absorb significant amount of cash and determine future business activity, valuation of investment project is considered to be one of the most important decisions companies must make. For the last two decades developed countries have been using contemporary

Stochastic volatility (SV) models are used heavily within the fields of financial economics and mathematical finance to capture the impact of time-varying volatility on financial markets and decision making. The development of the subject has been highly multidisciplinary, with results drawn from

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