Essays on Idiosyncratic Volatility and Asset Pricing

In this thesis, I study three aspects of idiosyncratic volatility. First, I examine the relation between idiosyncratic volatility and future stock returns. Next, I examine the share price effect and its interaction with the idiosyncratic volatility on stock returns. Finally, I examine the time serie...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sonmez Saryal, Fatma
Other Authors: White, Alan
Language:en_ca
Published: 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/24882