Waiting-times and returns in high-frequency financial data: an empirical study

In financial markets, not only prices and returns can be considered as random variables, but also the waiting time between two transactions varies randomly. In the following, we analyse the statistical properties of General Electric stock prices, traded at NYSE, in October 1999. These properties are critically revised in the framework of theoretical predictions based on a continuous-time random walk model.

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Year of publication:	2004-11-10
Authors:	Raberto, Marco ; Scalas, Enrico ; Mainardi, Francesco
Institutions:	EconWPA
Subject:	Duration \| Continuous-time random walk \| Fractional calculus \| Statistical finance

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Finance.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Type of Document - pdf; pages: 8. Preprint pdf version of a paper published in Physica A, 314, p.749-755, 2002. 8 pages
Classification:	G - Financial Economics
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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