Peter Christoffersen

University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management

Professor of Finance

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The Shape and Term Structure of the Index Option Smirk: Why Multifactor Stochastic Volatility Models Work so Well

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The Shape and Term Structure of the Index Option Smirk: Why Multifactor Stochastic Volatility Models Work so Well

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 05 Feb 2007 Last Revised: 22 Feb 2009
Peter Christoffersen, Steven L. Heston and Kris Jacobs
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, University of Maryland - Department of Finance and University of Houston - C.T. Bauer College of Business
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stochastic correlation, stochastic volatility, equity index options, multifactor model, persistence, affine, out-of-sample

The Shape and Term Structure of the Index Option Smirk: Why Multifactor Stochastic Volatility Models Work so Well

CREATES Research Paper 2009-34
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 13 Aug 2009
Peter Christoffersen, Steven L. Heston and Kris Jacobs
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, University of Maryland - Department of Finance and University of Houston - C.T. Bauer College of Business
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stochastic correlation, stochastic volatility, equity index options, multifactor model, persistence, affine, out-of-sample

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Does Realized Skewness Predict the Cross-Section of Equity Returns?

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 31 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 10 Mar 2015
Diego Amaya, Peter Christoffersen, Kris Jacobs and Aurelio Vasquez
Wilfrid Laurier University, University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, University of Houston - C.T. Bauer College of Business and Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) - Department of Business Administration
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Realized volatility, skewness, kurtosis, equity markets, cross-section of stock returns

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Volatility Forecasting

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Volatility Forecasting

PIER Working Paper No. 05-011; CFS Working Paper No. 2005/08
Number of pages: 114 Posted: 28 Feb 2005
Torben G. Andersen, Tim Bollerslev, Peter Christoffersen and Francis X. Diebold
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, Duke University - Finance, University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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Volatility Forecasting

NBER Working Paper No. w11188
Number of pages: 113 Posted: 20 May 2005 Last Revised: 29 Jul 2010
Torben G. Andersen, Tim Bollerslev, Peter Christoffersen and Francis X. Diebold
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, Duke University - Finance, University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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Testing, Comparing, and Combining Value-at-Risk Measures

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 16 Nov 1999
Peter Christoffersen, Jinyong Hahn and Atsushi Inoue
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Southern Methodist University
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Forward-Looking Betas

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Forward-Looking Betas

EFA 2007 Ljubljana Meetings, AFA 2008 NEW ORLEANS MEETINGS
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 17 Mar 2006 Last Revised: 02 May 2008
Peter Christoffersen, Kris Jacobs and Gregory Vainberg
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, University of Houston - C.T. Bauer College of Business and McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management
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Market beta, CAPM, historical, forward-looking, option-implied, capital budgeting, event studies, model-free volatility, model-free skewness

Forward-Looking Betas

CREATES Research Paper No. 2007-39
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 24 Jun 2008
Peter Christoffersen, Kris Jacobs and Gregory Vainberg
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, University of Houston - C.T. Bauer College of Business and McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management
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market beta, CAPM, historical, forward-looking, option-implied, capital budgeting, event studies, model-free moments

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How Relevant is Volatility Forecasting for Financial Risk Management?

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How Relevant is Volatility Forecasting for Financial Risk Management?

97-45
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 18 Jan 1998
Peter Christoffersen and Francis X. Diebold
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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How Relevant is Volatility Forecasting for Financial Risk Management?

Review of Economics and Statistics
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 07 Oct 1999
Peter Christoffersen and Francis X. Diebold
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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How Relevant is Volatility Forecasting for Financial Risk Management?

NYU Working Paper No. FIN-98-080
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 11 Nov 2008
Peter Christoffersen and Francis X. Diebold
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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How Relevant is Volatility Forecasting for Financial Risk Management?

NBER Working Paper No. w6844
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 17 Sep 1999 Last Revised: 11 Oct 2010
Peter Christoffersen and Francis X. Diebold
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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Volatility Dynamics for the S&P500: Evidence from Realized Volatility, Daily Returns and Option Prices

EFA 2007 Ljubljana Meetings Paper, AFA 2008 New Orleans Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 24 Aug 2006 Last Revised: 25 Sep 2009
Peter Christoffersen, Kris Jacobs and Karim Mimouni
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, University of Houston - C.T. Bauer College of Business and McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management
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Stochastic volatility, option valuation, particle filtering, skewness, kurtosis, mean reversion

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Practical Volatility and Correlation Modeling for Financial Market Risk Management

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Practical Volatility and Correlation Modeling for Financial Market Risk Management

PIER Working Paper No. 05-007, CFS Working Paper 2005/02
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 21 Jan 2005
Torben G. Andersen, Tim Bollerslev, Peter Christoffersen and Francis X. Diebold
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, Duke University - Finance, University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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Practical Volatility and Correlation Modeling for Financial Market Risk Management

NBER Working Paper No. w11069
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 16 Feb 2005
Torben G. Andersen, Tim Bollerslev, Peter Christoffersen and Francis X. Diebold
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, Duke University - Finance, University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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Is the Potential for International Diversification Disappearing?

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 21 Mar 2010
Peter Christoffersen, Vihang R. Errunza, Kris Jacobs and Xisong Jin
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management, University of Houston - C.T. Bauer College of Business and Central Bank of Luxembourg
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international asset pricing, asset allocation, dynamic conditional correlation (DCC), dynamic equicorrelation (DECO), dynamic copula

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Capturing Option Anomalies with a Variance-Dependent Pricing Kernel

AFA 2011 Denver Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 22 Jan 2010 Last Revised: 07 Jun 2012
Peter Christoffersen, Kris Jacobs and Steven L. Heston
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, University of Houston - C.T. Bauer College of Business and University of Maryland - Department of Finance
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Pricing kernel, stochastic volatility, overreaction, variance risk

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Forecasting with Option-Implied Information

Handbook of Economic Forecasting, Volume 2, G. Elliott and A. Timmermann (eds.)
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 08 Dec 2011 Last Revised: 11 Jul 2012
Peter Christoffersen, Kris Jacobs and Bo Young Chang
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, University of Houston - C.T. Bauer College of Business and Bank of Canada
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Volatility, skewness, kurtosis, density forecasting, risk-neutral

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Option-Implied Measures of Equity Risk

Review of Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 11 Jun 2009 Last Revised: 23 Jan 2012
Bo Young Chang, Peter Christoffersen, Kris Jacobs and Gregory Vainberg
Bank of Canada, University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, University of Houston - C.T. Bauer College of Business and McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management
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market beta, CAPM, historical, capital budgeting, model-free moments

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Financial Risk Measurement for Financial Risk Management

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Financial Risk Measurement for Financial Risk Management

PIER Working Paper No. 11-037
Number of pages: 130 Posted: 07 Nov 2011
Torben G. Andersen, Tim Bollerslev, Peter Christoffersen and Francis X. Diebold
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, Duke University - Finance, University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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Market risk, volatility, GARCH

Financial Risk Measurement for Financial Risk Management

NBER Working Paper No. w18084
Number of pages: 130 Posted: 19 May 2012
Torben G. Andersen, Tim Bollerslev, Peter Christoffersen and Francis X. Diebold
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, Duke University - Finance, University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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Illiquidity Premia in the Equity Options Market

Review of Financial Studies
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 15 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 22 Sep 2017
Peter Christoffersen, Ruslan Goyenko, Kris Jacobs and Mehdi Karoui
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management, University of Houston - C.T. Bauer College of Business and OMERS
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Illiquidity; equity options; cross-section; delta-hedged option returns

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The Factor Structure in Equity Options

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2224270
Number of pages: 88 Posted: 25 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 14 Sep 2016
Peter Christoffersen, Mathieu Fournier and Kris Jacobs
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, HEC Montreal and University of Houston - C.T. Bauer College of Business
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factor models, equity options, implied volatility, option-implied beta

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Market Skewness Risk and the Cross-Section of Stock Returns

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 30 Sep 2009
Bo Young Chang, Peter Christoffersen and Kris Jacobs
Bank of Canada, University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and University of Houston - C.T. Bauer College of Business
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skewness risk, cross-section, ICAPM, volatility risk, option-implied moments

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Option Valuation with Long-Run and Short-Run Volatility Components

Journal of Financial Economics, Vol. 90, No. 3, pp. 272-297, CREATES Research Paper 2008-11
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 11 Feb 2005 Last Revised: 22 Jan 2012
Peter Christoffersen, Kris Jacobs, Chayawat Ornthanalai and Yintian Wang
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, University of Houston - C.T. Bauer College of Business, University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management
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Option valuation, long-run component, short-run component, unobserved components, persistence, GARCH, out-of-sample, Volatility term structure

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Horizon Problems and Extreme Events in Financial Risk Management

Economic Policy Review, Vol. 4, No. 3, October 1998, Wharton Financial Institutions Center 98-16
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 10 Feb 1999
Peter Christoffersen, Francis X. Diebold and Til Schuermann
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and Oliver Wyman
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capital regulation

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Option Valuation with Conditional Heteroskedasticity and Non-Normality

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Option Valuation with Conditional Heteroskedasticity and Non-Normality

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 08 Feb 2007 Last Revised: 13 Aug 2009
Peter Christoffersen, Redouane Elkamhi, Bruno Feunou and Kris Jacobs
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, Bank of Canada and University of Houston - C.T. Bauer College of Business
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GARCH, risk-neutral valuation, no-arbitrage, non-normal innovations

Option Valuation with Conditional Heteroskedasticity and Non-Normality

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 13 Aug 2009
Peter Christoffersen, Redouane Elkamhi, Bruno Feunou and Kris Jacobs
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, Bank of Canada and University of Houston - C.T. Bauer College of Business
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GARCH, risk-neutral valuation, no-arbitrage, non-normal innovations

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Dynamic Jump Intensities and Risk Premia: Evidence from S&P500 Returns and Options

Journal of Financial Economics, Forthcoming., EFA 2008 Athens Meetings Paper, AFA 2010 Atlanta Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 07 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 22 Jan 2012
Peter Christoffersen, Kris Jacobs and Chayawat Ornthanalai
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, University of Houston - C.T. Bauer College of Business and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
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compound Poisson process, option valuation, filtering, volatility jumps, jump risk premia, time-varying jump intensity, heteroskedasticity

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GARCH Option Valuation: Theory and Evidence

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 08 May 2012 Last Revised: 22 Aug 2013
Peter Christoffersen, Kris Jacobs and Chayawat Ornthanalai
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, University of Houston - C.T. Bauer College of Business and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
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GARCH, option valuation

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Backtesting

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 23 Apr 2012
Peter Christoffersen
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
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Value-at-Risk, expected shortfall, distribution, forecasting, model evaluation, testing, historical simulation

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Which GARCH Model for Option Valuation?

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 25 Apr 2002 Last Revised: 16 Jun 2008
Peter Christoffersen and Kris Jacobs
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and University of Houston - C.T. Bauer College of Business
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option pricing, GARCH, risk-neutral pricing, parsimony, forecasting, out-of-sample

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The Joint Dynamics of Equity Market Factors

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA), 2013, Vol. 48, No. 5, pp. 1371–1404
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 10 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 17 Mar 2014
Peter Christoffersen and Hugues Langlois
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and HEC Paris - Finance Department
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Factors, threshold correlation, copulas, portfolio optimization, asymmetry.

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Is the Potential for International Diversification Disappearing? A Dynamic Copula Approach

Review of Financial Studies, 2012, Vol. 25, No. 12, pp. 3711-3751.
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 24 May 2012 Last Revised: 20 Jan 2013
Peter Christoffersen, Vihang R. Errunza, Kris Jacobs and Hugues Langlois
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management, University of Houston - C.T. Bauer College of Business and HEC Paris - Finance Department
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Asset allocation, dynamic dependence, dynamic copula, asymmetric dependence

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Direction-of-Change Forecasts Based on Conditional Variance, Skewness and Kurtosis Dynamics: International Evidence

PIER Working Paper No. 06-016
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 12 Jun 2006
Peter Christoffersen, Francis X. Diebold, Roberto S. Mariano, Anthony S. Tay and Yiu Kuen Tse
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics, Singapore Management University, Singapore Management University - School of Economics and Singapore Management University - School of Social Sciences
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Volatility, variance, skewness, kurtosis, market timing, asset management, asset allocation, portfolio management

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Towards a Global Financial Architecture: Capital Mobility and Risk Management Issues

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 25 Nov 1999
Peter Christoffersen and Vihang R. Errunza
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management
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The Economic Value of Realized Volatility: Using High-Frequency Returns for Option Valuation

AFA 2013 San Diego Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 18 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 08 Dec 2012
Peter Christoffersen, Bruno Feunou, Kris Jacobs and Nour Meddahi
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, Bank of Canada, University of Houston - C.T. Bauer College of Business and University of Toulouse 1 - Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)
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Realized volatility, index options, risk premium, heteroskedasticity

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Evaluating Value-at-Risk Models with Desk-Level Data

CREATES Research Paper Series 2009
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 05 May 2008
Jeremy Berkowitz, Peter Christoffersen and Denis Pelletier
University of Houston - Department of Finance, University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and North Carolina State University - Department of Economics
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Risk Management, Backtesting, Volatility, Disclosure

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Oil Volatility Risk and Expected Stock Returns

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2399677
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 23 Feb 2014 Last Revised: 04 Dec 2014
Peter Christoffersen and Xuhui (Nick) Pan
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and Tulane University
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option-implied volatility; oil prices; volatility risk; cross-section; factor-mimicking portfolios; financial intermediaries

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Backtesting Value-at-Risk: A Duration-Based Approach

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Backtesting Value-at-Risk: A Duration-Based Approach

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 20 Jul 2003
Peter Christoffersen and Denis Pelletier
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and North Carolina State University - Department of Economics
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Backtesting Value-at-Risk: A Duration-Based Approach

Journal of Financial Econometrics, Vol. 2, pp. 84-108, 2004
Posted: 29 Feb 2008
Peter Christoffersen and Denis Pelletier
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and North Carolina State University - Department of Economics

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GARCH, kurtosis, risk model evaluation

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Which Volatility Model Should Be Used for Option Pricing?

EFA 2002 Berlin Meetings Discussion Paper
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 04 Mar 2002
Kris Jacobs and Peter Christoffersen
University of Houston - C.T. Bauer College of Business and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
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Option Pricing, GARCH, Risk-neutral Pricing, Parsimony, Forecasting, Out-of-sample

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Option Valuation with Conditional Skewness

EFA 2004 Maastricht Meetings Paper No. 2964
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 23 Jun 2004
Peter Christoffersen, Steven L. Heston and Kris Jacobs
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, University of Maryland - Department of Finance and University of Houston - C.T. Bauer College of Business
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GARCH, out-of-sample, jumps, discrete-time model, continuous-time limit

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Cointegration and Long-Horizon Forecasting

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Cointegration and Long-Horizon Forecasting

IMF Working Paper No. 97/61
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 22 Jan 1998
Peter Christoffersen and Francis X. Diebold
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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Cointegration and Long-Horizon Forecasting

NBER Working Paper No. t0217
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 25 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 07 Aug 2010
Peter Christoffersen and Francis X. Diebold
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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Cointegration and Long-Horizon Forecasting

NYU Working Paper No. SOR-98-8
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 31 Oct 2008
Peter Christoffersen and Francis X. Diebold
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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Financial Asset Returns, Direction-of-Change Forecasting, and Volatility Dynamics

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Financial Asset Returns, Direction-of-Change Forecasting, and Volatility Dynamics

PIER Working Paper No. 04-009; EFA 2004 Maastricht Meetings Paper No. 4809
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 19 Apr 2004
Peter Christoffersen and Francis X. Diebold
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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Conditional Mean Dependence, Conditional Volatility

Financial Asset Returns, Direction-of-Change Forecasting and Volatility Dynamics

Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research Working Paper No. 05-04
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 08 Jul 2004
Peter Christoffersen and Francis X. Diebold
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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Financial Asset Returns, Direction-of-Change Forecasting, and Volatility Dynamics

NBER Working Paper No. w10009
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 05 Oct 2003 Last Revised: 19 Sep 2009
Peter Christoffersen and Francis X. Diebold
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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Financial Asset Returns, Market Timing, and Volatility Dynamics

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 19 Apr 2002
Peter Christoffersen and Francis X. Diebold
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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Financial Asset Returns, Market Timing, and Volatility Dynamics

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Factor Structure in Commodity Futures Return and Volatility

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2495779
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 14 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 26 Jun 2017
Peter Christoffersen, Asger Lunde and Kasper Olesen
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, Aarhus University - School of Economics and Management and CREATES
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Factor structure, financial volatility, beta, high-frequency data, commodities, financialization

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Volatility Components, Affine Restrictions and Non-Normal Innovations

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Volatility Components, Affine Restrictions and Non-Normal Innovations

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 05 May 2008 Last Revised: 21 Nov 2008
Peter Christoffersen, Christian Dorion, Kris Jacobs and Yintian Wang
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, HEC Montreal, University of Houston - C.T. Bauer College of Business and McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management
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Volatility, Component Model, GARCH, Long Memory, Option Valuation, Affine, Normality

Volatility Components, Affine Restrictions and Non-Normal Innovations

CREATES Research Paper No. 2008-10
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 25 Jun 2008
Peter Christoffersen, Kris Jacobs, Christian Dorion and Yintian Wang
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, University of Houston - C.T. Bauer College of Business, HEC Montreal and McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management
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Volatility, Component Model, GARCH, Long Memory, Option Valuation, Affine, Normality

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The Importance of the Loss Function in Option Valuation

EFA 2003 Annual Conference Paper No. 604
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 03 Aug 2003
Peter Christoffersen and Kris Jacobs
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and University of Houston - C.T. Bauer College of Business
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option valuation, implied volatility, practitioner Black-Scholes approach, pricing errors, loss functions, out-of-sample forecasting, parameter stability

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Interest Rate Arbitrage in Currency Baskets: Forecasting Weights and Measuring Risk

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Interest Rate Arbitrage in Currency Baskets: Forecasting Weights and Measuring Risk

Journal of Business and Economic Statistics
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 26 Oct 1999
Peter Christoffersen and Lorenzo Giorgianni
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Interest Rate Arbitrage in Currency Baskets: Forecasting Weights and Measuring Risk

IMF Working Paper No. 99/16
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 10 Feb 2006
Peter Christoffersen and Lorenzo Giorgianni
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Time-varying Parameters, Cointegration, Exchange Rates

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Nonlinear Kalman Filtering in Affine Term Structure Models

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 24 May 2012 Last Revised: 04 Oct 2013
Peter Christoffersen, Christian Dorion, Kris Jacobs and Lotfi Karoui
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, HEC Montreal, University of Houston - C.T. Bauer College of Business and Goldman, Sachs & Co
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Kalman filtering, nonlinearity, term structure models, swaps, caps

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Time-Varying Crash Risk Embedded in Index Options: The Role of Stock Market Liquidity

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2797308
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 20 Jun 2016 Last Revised: 24 Jul 2018
Peter Christoffersen, Bruno Feunou, Yoontae Jeon and Chayawat Ornthanalai
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, Bank of Canada, Ryerson University - Ted Rogers School of Management and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
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Market liquidity, Crash risk, Jump intensity, Options, Filtering

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Dynamic Dependence and Diversification in Corporate Credit

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2314027, Paris December 2014 Finance Meeting EUROFIDAI - AFFI Paper
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 22 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 07 Jul 2016
Peter Christoffersen, Kris Jacobs, Xisong Jin and Hugues Langlois
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, University of Houston - C.T. Bauer College of Business, Central Bank of Luxembourg and HEC Paris - Finance Department
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Credit risk, default risk, CDS, dynamic dependence, copula

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Equity Portfolio Management Using Option Price Information

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2419587
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 04 Apr 2014
Peter Christoffersen and Xuhui (Nick) Pan
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and Tulane University
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option-implied volatility; commodity futures; cross-section of stocks; option-implied beta; mean-variance optimization.

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Nonlinear Filtering in Affine Term Structure Models: Evidence from the Term Structure of Swap Rates

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 18 Jun 2008 Last Revised: 01 Aug 2009
Peter Christoffersen, Kris Jacobs, Lotfi Karoui and Karim Mimouni
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, University of Houston - C.T. Bauer College of Business, Goldman, Sachs & Co and McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management
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term structure models, Kalman filtering, nonlinearity, swaps

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Models for S&P 500 Dynamics: Evidence from Realized Volatility, Daily Returns, and Option Prices

CREATES Research Paper No. 2007-37
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 24 Jun 2008
Peter Christoffersen, Kris Jacobs and Karim Mimouni
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, University of Houston - C.T. Bauer College of Business and McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management
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Stochastic volatility, option valuation, particle filtering, skewness, kurtosis, mean

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Option-Based Estimation of the Price of Co-Skewness and Co-Kurtosis Risk

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2656412
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 06 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 14 Oct 2017
Peter Christoffersen, Mathieu Fournier, Kris Jacobs and Mehdi Karoui
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, HEC Montreal, University of Houston - C.T. Bauer College of Business and OMERS
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Co-skewness, co-kurtosis, risk premia, options, cross-section, out-of-sample

48.

Correlation Dynamics and International Diversification Benefits

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2313954
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 22 Aug 2013
Peter Christoffersen, Vihang R. Errunza, Kris Jacobs and Xisong Jin
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management, University of Houston - C.T. Bauer College of Business and Central Bank of Luxembourg
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Aasset pricing, asset allocation, dynamic conditional correlation (DCC), dynamic equicorrelation (DECO)

49.

Beta Risk in the Cross-Section of Equities

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2926511
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 03 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 27 Dec 2017
Ali Boloorforoosh, Peter Christoffersen, Mathieu Fournier and Christian Gourieroux
Concordia University, University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, HEC Montreal and University of Toronto - Department of Economics
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Factor models, stochastic beta, option-implied beta, Wishart processes

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Option Valuation with Volatility Components, Fat Tails, and Non-Monotonic Pricing Kernels

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2690888, Robert H. Smith School Research Paper No. RHS 2690888
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 14 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 30 Apr 2017
Kadir Babaoglu, Peter Christoffersen, Steven L. Heston and Kris Jacobs
Royal Bank of Canada, Capital Markets (Toronto), University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, University of Maryland - Department of Finance and University of Houston - C.T. Bauer College of Business
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volatility components, fat tails, jumps, pricing kernel

51.

Exploring Dynamic Default Dependence

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 07 May 2009
Peter Christoffersen, Jan Ericsson, Kris Jacobs and Xisong Jin
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, McGill University, University of Houston - C.T. Bauer College of Business and Central Bank of Luxembourg
Downloads 333 (83,907)
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credit risk, structured products, dynamic equicorrelation, CDS, CDO, default

52.

Let's Get 'Real' About Using Economic Data

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 24 Jul 2001
Peter Christoffersen, Eric Ghysels and Norman R. Swanson
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School and Rutgers University - Department of Economics
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Market efficiency, expectations, news, data revision process

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Rare Disasters, Credit and Option Market Puzzles

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2270517
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 22 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 22 Feb 2016
Peter Christoffersen, Du Du and Redouane Elkamhi
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST) and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
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Credit spreads, volatility, term structure, option skewness, stochastic recovery, consumption risk

54.

Company Flexibility, the Value of Management and Managerial Compensation

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 06 Aug 2003
Peter Christoffersen and Andrey D. Pavlov
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and Simon Fraser University (SFU) - Finance Area
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From Inflation to Growth

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From Inflation to Growth

IMF Working Paper No. 98/100
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 17 Oct 2000
Peter Christoffersen and Peter Doyle
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - European Department
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From Inflation to Growth

Economics of Transition, Vol. 8, No. 2, July 2000
Posted: 17 Oct 2000
Peter Christoffersen and Peter Doyle
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - European Department

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Option Valuation with Observable Volatility and Jump Dynamics

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2494379
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 12 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 20 May 2016
Peter Christoffersen, Bruno Feunou and Yoontae Jeon
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, Bank of Canada and Ryerson University - Ted Rogers School of Management
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Dynamic volatility, dynamic jumps, realized volatility, realized jumps

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Dating the Turning Points of Nordic Business Cycles

EPRU Working Paper No. 00/13
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 27 Nov 2000
Peter Christoffersen
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
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Do Asset Prices in Transition Countries Contain Information About Future Economic Activity?

IMF Working Paper No. 00/103
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 28 Feb 2001
Peter Christoffersen and Torsten Sløk
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and Deutsche Bank, New York
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The Information Content of Over-the-Counter Currency Options

ECB Working Paper No. 366
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 01 Dec 2004
Peter Christoffersen and Stefano Mazzotta
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and Kennesaw State University - Michael J. Coles College of Business
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FX, volatility, interval, density, forecasting

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Size Matters: The Impact of Capital Market Liberalization on Individual Firms

McGill Finance Research Centre Working Paper
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 31 Aug 2003
Peter Christoffersen, Hyunchul Chung and Vihang R. Errunza
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, Hanyang University-School of Business and McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management
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Revaluation effects, performance, volatility, correlation

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Dynamic Jump Intensities and Risk Premiums in Crude Oil Futures and Options Markets

Journal of Derivatives, Forthcoming, Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2861911
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 01 Nov 2016
Peter Christoffersen, Kris Jacobs and Bingxin Li
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, University of Houston - C.T. Bauer College of Business and West Virginia University
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Crude oil; Futures; Options; Discrete-time models; Jump intensities; Risk premiums

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The Informational Content of Over-the-Counter Currency Options

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 24 Feb 2004
Peter Christoffersen and Stefano Mazzotta
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and Kennesaw State University - Michael J. Coles College of Business
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OTC currency options, volatility, interval and density forecasts evaluation

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Nonlinear Kalman Filtering in Affine Term Structure Models: Internet Appendix

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2322760
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 10 Sep 2013
Peter Christoffersen, Christian Dorion, Kris Jacobs and Lotfi Karoui
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, HEC Montreal, University of Houston - C.T. Bauer College of Business and Goldman, Sachs & Co
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Kalman filtering, nonlinearity, term structure models, swaps, caps

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From Inflation to Growth: Eight Years of Transition

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From Inflation to Growth: Eight Years of Transition

IMF Working Paper No. 98/100
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Peter Christoffersen and Peter Doyle
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - European Department
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Transition, growth, inflation, disinflation

From Inflation to Growth: Eight Years of Transition

Economics of Transition, Vol. 8, No. 2, July 2000
Posted: 24 Sep 2001
Peter Christoffersen and Peter Doyle
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - European Department

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Is Poland Ready for Inflation Targeting?

IMF Working Paper No. 99/41
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 12 Feb 2006
Peter Christoffersen and Robert Wescott
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - European Department
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leading indicators, inflation, monetary policy, inflation targeting, robust statistics, administered prices

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Time-Varying Jump Intensities and Fat Tail Dynamics: Evidence from S&P500 Returns and Options

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2360737
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 07 Dec 2013
Peter Christoffersen, Kris Jacobs and Chayawat Ornthanalai
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, University of Houston - C.T. Bauer College of Business and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
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compound Poisson, fi…ltering, jumps, fat tails, risk premia

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Interest Rate Arbitrage in Currency Baskets--Forecasting Weights and Measuring Risk

IMF Working Paper No. 99/16
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 17 Aug 2007
Lorenzo Giorgianni and Peter Christoffersen
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
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Interest rates, Exchange rates, Economic models

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The State Price Density Implied by Crude Oil Futures and Option Prices

AFA 2016 Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 20 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 05 Oct 2017
Peter Christoffersen and Xuhui (Nick) Pan
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and Tulane University
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State price density; macroeconomic condition; crude oil; risk aversion

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Optimal Prediction Under Asymmetric Loss

NBER Working Paper No. t0167
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 19 Jul 2000
Peter Christoffersen and Francis X. Diebold
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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Interest Rate Cycles and Corporate Risk Management

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 18 Mar 2009
Peter Christoffersen, Amrita Nain and Jaideep S. Oberoi
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, University of Iowa - Henry B. Tippie College of Business and Kent Business School
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corporate risk management, hedging, market timing, derivatives, interest rate swaps

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The Accuracy of Density Forecasts from Foreign Exchange Options

Journal of Financial Econometrics, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 578-605, 2005
Posted: 29 Feb 2008
Peter Christoffersen and Stefano Mazzotta
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and Kennesaw State University - Michael J. Coles College of Business

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density, forecasting, FX, interval, volatility

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Estimation Risk in Financial Risk Management

Journal of Risk, Vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 1-28, Spring 2005
Posted: 25 Apr 2005
Peter Christoffersen and Sílvia Gonçalves
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and University of Montreal - Department of Economics

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Value-at-risk, VAR, portfolio risk management, risk capital allocation, performance attribution, expected shortfall

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Is Inflation Targeting Feasible in Poland?

Economics of Transition, Vol. 9, No. 1, March 2001
Posted: 27 Sep 2001
Peter Christoffersen, Torsten Sløk and Robert Wescott
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, Deutsche Bank, New York and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - European Department

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