Cotter, John(University College Dublin. School of Business. Centre for Financial Markets, 2004)
This paper empirically analyses risk in the Euro relative to other currencies.
Comparisons are made between a sub period encompassing the final transitional stage
to full monetary union with a sub period prior to this. ...
Cotter, John; Dowd, Kevin(University College Dublin. School of Business. Centre for Financial Markets, 2007-05-18)
This paper measures and compares the tail risks of limit and market orders using Extreme Value Theory. The analysis examines realised tail outcomes using the Dealing 2000-2 electronic broking system based on completed ...
Cotter, John; Hanly, Jim(University College Dublin. School of Business. Centre for Financial MarketsUniversity College Dublin. Geary Institute, 2009-08)
Risk aversion is a key element of utility maximizing hedge strategies; however, it has
typically been assigned an arbitrary value in the literature. This paper instead applies a
GARCH-in-Mean (GARCH-M) model to estimate ...
We investigate the influence of changes in UK monetary policy on UK stock returns and the possible reasons behind such a response. Firstly, we conduct an event study to assess the impact of unexpected changes in monetary ...
Cotter, John(University College Dublin. School of Business. Centre for Financial Markets, 2004)
Accurate volatility modelling is paramount for optimal risk management practices. One stylized feature of financial volatility that impacts the modelling process is long memory explored in this paper for alternative risk ...
Cotter, John; Stevenson, Simon(University College Dublin. School of Business. Centre for Financial Markets, 2004)
Using a time-varying approach, this paper examines the dynamics of volatility in the REIT sector. The results highlight the attractiveness and suitability of using GARCH based approaches in the modeling of
daily REIT ...
Dowd, Kevin; Cotter, John(University College Dublin. School of Business. Centre for Financial Markets, 2006-09-10)
This paper proposes the use of wavelet methods to estimate U.S. core inflation. It
explains wavelet methods and suggests they are ideally suited to this task. Comparisons are made with traditional CPI-based and regression-based ...
A scaled self-decomposable stochastic process put forward by Carr, Geman, Madan
and Yor (2007) is used to model long term equity returns and options prices. This
parsimonious model is compared to a number of other ...
Cotter, John(University College Dublin. School of Business. Centre for Financial Markets, 2004)
Accurate forecasting of risk is the key to successful risk management techniques.
Using the largest stock index futures from twelve European bourses, this paper
presents VaR measures based on their unconditional and ...
Bredin, Donal; Cotter, John(University College Dublin. School of Business. Centre for Financial Markets, 2004-10-12)
We analyse the impact of volatility per se on exports for a a small open economy concentrating on Irish trade with the UK and the US. An important element is that we take account of the time lag between
the trade decision ...
Hogan, Teresa; Hutson, Elaine(University College Dublin. School of Business. Centre for Financial Markets, 2004)
We address the venture capital financing issue from the firm’s perspective. Using survey data for 110 new technology-based firms (NTBFs) in the Irish software sector, we assess the extent to which 5 human capital and 3 ...