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Chardin Wese Simen

University of Liverpool Management School

Management School

University of Liverpool

Liverpool, L69 7ZH

United Kingdom

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Scholarly Papers (27)

1.

Variance Risk in Commodity Markets

Journal of Banking and Finance, Vol. 81, 2017
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 04 Jan 2013 Last Revised: 21 Mar 2019
Marcel Prokopczuk, Lazaros Symeonidis and Chardin Wese Simen
University of Reading - ICMA Centre, Essex Business School, University of Essex and University of Liverpool Management School
Downloads 1,346 (36,888)
Citation 31

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commodities, variance risk premia, variance swaps

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The Importance of the Volatility Risk Premium for Volatility Forecasting

Journal of Banking and Finance, Vol. 40, 2014
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 21 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 15 Jun 2014
Marcel Prokopczuk and Chardin Wese Simen
University of Reading - ICMA Centre and University of Liverpool Management School
Downloads 675 (96,615)
Citation 12

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volatility forecasting, volatility risk premium, implied volatility

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Estimating Beta: Forecast Adjustments and the Impact of Stock Characteristics for a Broad Cross-Section

Journal of Financial Markets (2019), Vol. 44, pp. 91–118
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 14 Nov 2017 Last Revised: 18 Sep 2019
Fabian Hollstein, Marcel Prokopczuk and Chardin Wese Simen
Saarland University, University of Reading - ICMA Centre and University of Liverpool Management School
Downloads 637 (104,605)
Citation 20

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Beta Estimation, Forecast Combinations, Forecast Adjustments

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The Conditional Capital Asset Pricing Model Revisited: Evidence from High-Frequency Betas

Management Science (2020), Vol. 66(6), pp. 2474-2494
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 25 Mar 2019 Last Revised: 14 Jan 2021
Fabian Hollstein, Marcel Prokopczuk and Chardin Wese Simen
Saarland University, University of Reading - ICMA Centre and University of Liverpool Management School
Downloads 521 (134,337)
Citation 8

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Beta estimation, conditional CAPM, high-frequency data

5.

Convenience Yield Risk

Energy Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 31 Jan 2023
University of Reading - ICMA Centre, Essex Business School, University of Essex, University of Liverpool Management School and ICMA Centre, University of Reading
Downloads 519 (134,651)

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Commodity Risk Factors, Convenience Yield, Futures Curve, Return Predictability

6.

The Risk Premium of Gold

Journal of International Money and Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 22 Nov 2017 Last Revised: 22 Mar 2019
Duc Binh Benno Nguyen, Marcel Prokopczuk and Chardin Wese Simen
Leibniz Universität Hannover - Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Reading - ICMA Centre and University of Liverpool Management School
Downloads 506 (138,539)

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Jump Risk, Tail Risk, Safe Haven, Hedge, Gold

7.

The Natural Gas Announcement Day Puzzle

The Energy Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 08 May 2020
Marcel Prokopczuk, Chardin Wese Simen and Robert Wichmann
University of Reading - ICMA Centre, University of Liverpool Management School and ICMA Centre, University of Reading
Downloads 485 (147,279)

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Gas Markets, Announcement Effect, Storage News, Intraday

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How do Investors Trade Option Anomalies?

Number of pages: 89 Posted: 13 Jan 2025 Last Revised: 28 Aug 2025
Fabian Hollstein and Chardin Wese Simen
Saarland University and University of Liverpool Management School
Downloads 463 (156,627)

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Trader Positions, Option Anomalies

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The Index Effect: Evidence from the Option Market

Number of pages: 101 Posted: 07 Jan 2021 Last Revised: 02 Feb 2026
Fabian Hollstein and Chardin Wese Simen
Saarland University and University of Liverpool Management School
Downloads 459 (158,280)
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G10, G12, G14

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What Makes the Market Jump?

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 14 Jun 2014 Last Revised: 29 Jan 2018
Marcel Prokopczuk and Chardin Wese Simen
University of Reading - ICMA Centre and University of Liverpool Management School
Downloads 430 (168,427)
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Jumps, News, Intraday, S&P 500, VIX

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Beta Uncertainty

Journal of Banking and Finance (2020), Vol. 116, 105834
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 14 May 2020 Last Revised: 14 Jan 2021
Fabian Hollstein, Marcel Prokopczuk and Chardin Wese Simen
Saarland University, University of Reading - ICMA Centre and University of Liverpool Management School
Downloads 399 (185,218)
Citation 3

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Beta, CAPM, Disagreement, Ambiguity, Parameter Uncertainty

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Jump and Variance Risk Premia in the S&P 500

Journal of Banking and Finance, Vol. 69, 2016
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 02 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 22 Mar 2019
Maximilian Neumann, Marcel Prokopczuk and Chardin Wese Simen
Technische Universität München (TUM), University of Reading - ICMA Centre and University of Liverpool Management School
Downloads 388 (190,168)
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Jump risk premia, Variance risk premia, S&P 500, Options, Markov Chain Monte Carlo

13.

Predictability in Commodity Markets: Evidence from More Than a Century

Journal of Commodity Markets (2021) Vol. 24, 100171
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 27 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 29 Nov 2021
Saarland University, University of Reading - ICMA Centre, Leibniz Universität Hannover and University of Liverpool Management School
Downloads 376 (197,695)
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Commodities, Return Predictability, Derivatives Introduction, Business Cycle, Volatility Predictability

14.

Decomposing Option Anomaly Returns

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 13 Jun 2025
Fabian Hollstein and Chardin Wese Simen
Saarland University and University of Liverpool Management School
Downloads 335 (228,126)

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Option Anomalies, Return Decomposition

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Predicting the Equity Premium around the Globe: Comprehensive Evidence from a Large Sample

International Journal of Forecasting, volume 41, issue 1, 2025[10.1016/j.ijforecast.2024.05.002]
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 27 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 03 Jan 2025
Saarland University, University of Reading - ICMA Centre, Leibniz Universität Hannover and University of Liverpool Management School
Downloads 301 (251,365)
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International equity premium, return predictability, market efficiency

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The Predictive Power of the Dividend Risk Premium

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 11 May 2019
Davide E. Avino, Andrei Stancu and Chardin Wese Simen
University of Liverpool, University of East Anglia (UEA) - Norwich Business School and University of Liverpool Management School
Downloads 281 (271,230)
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Dividend risk premium, dividend strip, predictability, present value model

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Predicting the Equity Market with Option-Implied Variables

European Journal of Finance (2019), Vol. 25(10), pp. 937–965
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 22 Nov 2017 Last Revised: 18 Sep 2019
Saarland University, University of Reading - ICMA Centre, Leibniz Universität Hannover and University of Liverpool Management School
Downloads 268 (286,114)
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Equity Premium, Option Implied Information, Portfolio Choice, Predictability, Timing Strategies

18.

International Tail Risk and World Fear

Journal of International Money and Finance, Vol. 93, 2019
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 27 Nov 2017 Last Revised: 17 Sep 2019
Saarland University, Leibniz Universität Hannover - Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Reading - ICMA Centre and University of Liverpool Management School
Downloads 244 (312,643)
Citation 8

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Jump Risk, Tail Risk, International Stock Market Returns, Return Predictability, International Asset Pricing, Factor Models

19.

Financial Data Science: The Birth of a New Financial Research Paradigm Complementing Econometrics?

The European Journal of Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 14 May 2020
University of Reading - ICMA Centre, Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin, University of Stirling, Loughborough University and University of Liverpool Management School
Downloads 227 (336,244)
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Big Data, Econometrics, Financial Data Science, Statistical Relevance, Statistical Significance Levels

20.

Time-Variations in Commodity Price Jumps

Journal of Empirical Finance, Vol. 31, 2015
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 10 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 22 Mar 2019
Laszlo Diewald, Marcel Prokopczuk and Chardin Wese Simen
Technische Universität München (TUM), University of Reading - ICMA Centre and University of Liverpool Management School
Downloads 223 (342,220)
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Commodities, Jump frequency, Seasonality, Markov Chain Monte Carlo

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The Information Content of Short-Term Options

Journal of Financial Markets, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 16 Sep 2019 Last Revised: 19 Sep 2019
University of Reading - ICMA Centre, University of East Anglia (UEA) - Norwich Business School, Essex Business School, University of Essex and University of Liverpool Management School
Downloads 178 (424,491)
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Implied variance, Predictability, Realized variance, Weekly options

22.

The Dynamics of Commodity Return Comovements

Journal of Futures Markets, Forthcoming (2021)
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 08 May 2020 Last Revised: 30 Apr 2021
Marcel Prokopczuk, Chardin Wese Simen and Robert Wichmann
University of Reading - ICMA Centre, University of Liverpool Management School and ICMA Centre, University of Reading
Downloads 175 (433,279)

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Commodity Markets, Comovement, Financialization, Factor Model

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Market-Level Tug of War and Asset Pricing

Proceedings of the EUROFIDAI-ESSEC Paris December Finance Meeting 2024
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 05 Dec 2024 Last Revised: 30 Nov 2025
Lei Zhao, Chardin Wese Simen and Ran Tao
ESCP Business School, University of Liverpool Management School and Accounting and Finance Department, University of Bristol
Downloads 170 (447,215)

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Variance Risk: A Bird's Eye View

Journal of Econometrics (2020), Vol. 215(2), pp. 517-535.
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 19 Sep 2019 Last Revised: 14 Jan 2021
Fabian Hollstein and Chardin Wese Simen
Saarland University and University of Liverpool Management School
Downloads 157 (474,889)
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Correlation Swaps, Return Predictability, Return Variation, Variance Swaps

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The Term Structure of Systematic and Idiosyncratic Risk

Journal of Futures Markets (2019), Vol. 39(4), pp. 435–460
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 14 Nov 2017 Last Revised: 18 Sep 2019
Fabian Hollstein, Marcel Prokopczuk and Chardin Wese Simen
Saarland University, University of Reading - ICMA Centre and University of Liverpool Management School
Downloads 157 (474,889)
Citation 1

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Systematic risk, idiosyncratic risk, options, term structure, expectations hypothesis, model-free option implied variance, implied correlation

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Significance, Relevance and Explainability in the Machine Learning Age: An Econometrics and Financial Data Science Perspective

Forthcoming, European Journal of Finance
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 15 Dec 2020
Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin, University of Stirling, Loughborough University and University of Liverpool Management School
Downloads 135 (547,695)

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explainability, explainable artificial intelligence (xai), neural networks, relevance, regressions, significance

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Do Jumps Matter for Volatility Forecasting? Evidence from Energy Markets

Journal of Futures Markets, Vol. 36, No. 8, 2016
Number of pages: 81 Posted: 28 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 22 Mar 2019
Marcel Prokopczuk, Lazaros Symeonidis and Chardin Wese Simen
University of Reading - ICMA Centre, Essex Business School, University of Essex and University of Liverpool Management School
Downloads 116 (613,149)
Citation 7

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Realized volatility, jumps, high-frequency data, volatility forecasting, forecast evaluation