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Professor Stephen Taylor

BA Cambridge, MA, PhD Lancaster

Personal Chair

Department

Accounting and Finance

Contact

Room: C27
Tel: +44 1524 5 93624
Fax: + 44 (0)1524 847321
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Research Overview

My research interests are in Financial Econometrics, particularly theoretical and empirical research related to (1) high-frequency price observations and (2) the prices of options. I work on asset price dynamics, volatility models and forecasts, risk-neutral and real-world density estimation.

Professional Role

Associate Editor, European Financial Management, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting.

Current Teaching

Postgraduate: AcF 501 Quantitative Methods, AcF 609 Financial Econometrics, AcF 651 Advanced Research Methods.

Current Research

High-frequency financial econometrics. Volatility models and forecasts. Risk-neutral and real-world density estimation.

Book (2)
Journal article (23)
Chapter (11)
Working paper (9)

Selected publications (11)
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Publications

  • Taylor S J and Wang Y, 2010, 'Option prices and risk-neutral densities for currency cross-rates', Journal of Futures Markets, vol 30, pp. 324-360.
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  • Zhang Y, Taylor S J and Yadav P K, 2010, 'The information content of implied volatilities and model-free volatility expectations: evidence from options written on individual stocks', Journal of Banking and Finance, vol 34, pp. 871-881.
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  • Zhang Y, Taylor S J and Yadav P K, 2009, 'Cross-sectional analysis of risk-neutral skewness', Journal of Derivatives, vol 16, no. 4, pp. 38-52.
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  • Taylor S J, Shackleton M B and Pong S, 2008, 'Distinguishing short and long memory volatility specifications', The Econometrics Journal, vol 11, no. 3, pp. 617-637.
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  • Taylor S J, Bartram S and Wang Y, 2007, 'The Euro and European financial market dependence', Journal of Banking and Finance, vol 51, no. 5, pp. 1461-1481.
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  • Taylor S J, Shackleton M B, Liu X and Xu X, 2007, 'Closed-form transformations from risk-neutral to real-world distributions', Journal of Banking and Finance, vol 31, no. 5, pp. 1501-1520.
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  • Taylor S J, Wang Y and Keswani A, 2006, 'The relationships between sentiment, returns and volatility', International Journal of Forecasting, vol 22, pp. 109-123.
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  • Taylor S J, Shackleton M B, Pong E and Xu X, 2004, 'Forecasting currency volatility: a comparison of implied volatilities and AR(FI)MA models', Journal of Banking and Finance, vol 28, no. 10, pp. 2541-2563.
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  • Taylor S J and Chang Y, 2003, 'Information arrivals and intraday exchange rate volatility', Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, vol 13, pp. 85-112.
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  • Taylor S J, Martens M P E and Chang Y, 2002, 'Intraday volatility forecasts using different seasonality adjustment methods', Journal of Financial Research, vol 25, pp. 283-297.
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Books by Professor Stephen Taylor

Asset Price Dynamics, Volatility and Prediction

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Modelling Financial Time Series (Second Edition)

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