Volatility-Induced Financial Growth

FINRISK Working Paper No. 131

23 Pages Posted: 14 Jun 2007

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M. A. H. Dempster

University of Cambridge - Centre for Financial Research; Cambridge Systems Associates Limited; University of Cambridge - Judge Business School

Igor V. Evstigneev

University of Manchester - Economics, School of Social Sciences

Klaus Reiner Schenk-Hoppé

The University of Manchester - Department of Economics

Date Written: October 18, 2006

Abstract

We show that the volatility of a price process, which is usually regarded as an impediment to financial growth, can serve as an endogenous factor in its acceleration.

Keywords: Volatility, constant proportions strategies, financial markets, investment, exponential growth, transaction costs

JEL Classification: G11

Suggested Citation

Dempster, M. A. H. and Evstigneev, Igor V. and Schenk-Hoppé, Klaus Reiner, Volatility-Induced Financial Growth (October 18, 2006). FINRISK Working Paper No. 131, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=992848 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.992848

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