1st DEM Workshop in Financial Econometrics

Verona - Department of Economics
24 November 2016 - 10:30-13:30

The purpose of the PhD Workshop, organized by the PhD in Economics and Management and the Department of Economics of the University of Verona, is to get toghether PhD students which are close to enter the job market, whose dissertation is written in the field of Financial Econometrics, and let them present their research work in an informal environment. Important space will be allocated for discussion, especially among PhD Students. The workshop is then a valuable opportunity for younger Phd students to see the status of art in Financial Econometrics from the perspective of senior PhD students which are nearly at the end of their dissertation.


Program:

  1. Option Pricing with High Frequency Estimates of Continuous and Discontinuous Volatility Components
    Francesca Lilla - Università di Bologna
  2. Smile at errors
    Giulia Livieri - Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa
  3. News Measures for Volatility Modelling
    Francesco Poli - Università di Padova
  4. Annual VaR from high frequency data
    Alessandro Pollastri - Università di Maastricht
  5. Robust Jump Testing
    Patrick Zoi - Università di Venezia

All the speakers are PhD students in their final year.

Discussants:

  • Prof. Fulvio Corsi, Università di Venezia
  • Prof. Luigi Grossi, Università di Verona
  • Prof. Davide Pirino, Università di Roma "Tor Vergata"
  • Prof. Roberto Renò, Università di Verona


Venue:
Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Università di Verona.
Via Cantarane 24, Verona.
Aula Seminari. 10:30 hr

Contact person: Prof. Roberto Renò, Università di Verona