Professor Stephen Taylor
Emeritus ProfessorResearch 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.
Current Research
Properties of one-minute stock index returns. Jumps in asset prices. Model-free measures of volatility. Forward-looking information revealed by option prices.
For a complete list of publications, please see the CV at my personal website http://www.lancs.ac.uk/staff/afasjt/.
To download my papers at www.ssrn.com, or to review my Google Scholar citations (approx. 10,000), please also go via my personal website.
My Role
Professor of Finance since 1993.
Career Details
Please see the CV at my personal website http://www.lancs.ac.uk/staff/afasjt/.
Current Teaching
Executive education: lectures on asset prices and volatility.
Qualifications
BA Cambridge, MA, PhD Lancaster
PhD Supervision Interests
Not accepting new students, following partial retirement.
Selected Publications
Asset Price Dynamics, Volatility and Prediction
Taylor, S.J. 2005 Princeton : Princeton University Press. 552 p. ISBN: 0-691-11537-0.
Book
Modelling Financial Time Series (Second Edition)
Taylor, S.J. 2008 2nd ed. Singapore : World Scientific Publishing. 296 p. ISBN: 9812770844.
Book
A multi-horizon comparison of density forecasts for the S&P 500 using index returns and option prices
Shackleton, M.B., Taylor, S.J., Yu, P. 11/2010 In: Journal of Banking and Finance. 34, 11, p. 2678-2693. 16 p.
Journal article
Cojumps in stock prices: empirical evidence
Gilder, D., Shackleton, M., Taylor, S.J. 2014 In: Journal of Banking and Finance. 40, p. 443-459. 17 p.
Journal article
All Publications
Bilateral Austria: Order Book Foundations of Price Risks and Liquidity: An Integrated Equity and Derivatives Markets Perspective
21/04/2017 → 30/04/2021
Research
University of Coimbra
Visiting an external academic institution
Society of Financial Econometrics conference, Lugano
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Seminar: Liverpool University
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Vienna-Copenhagen conference on financial Econometrics
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
International Journal of Forecasting (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Seminar: Hannover University
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
European Finance Association meeting 2016
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
European Finance Association meeting 2015
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Society of Financial Econometrics conference, Aarhus
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
European Finance Association meeting 2014
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Portuguese Finance Network - 8th International Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Journal of Banking and Finance (Journal)
Publication peer-review
European Finance Association meeting 2013
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
ESRC
Visiting an external academic institution
European Financial Management Association (EFMA) annual conference 2013
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Seminar: Auckland University of Technology
Invited talk
University of Queensland
Visiting an external academic institution
Seminar: University of Otago
Invited talk
Seminar: University of Auckland
Invited talk
Seminar: University of Canterbury
Invited talk
University of Auckland
Visiting an external academic institution
International Journal of Managerial Finance (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Society of Financial Econometrics conference, Oxford
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting (Journal)
Publication peer-review
NARTI
Visiting an external academic institution
Keynote address, Financial Econometrics conference, Copenhagen
Invited talk
Seminar, Peking University
Invited talk
Financial econometrics workshop, Alesund
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Visiting an external academic institution
Seminar, National Taiwan University, Taipei
Invited talk
Seminar, National Central University, Jhongli
Invited talk
Seminar, National Chengchi University, Taipei
Invited talk
National Taiwan University
Visiting an external academic institution
International Institute of Forecasting conference, Lisbon
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Bachelier Finance Society conference, London
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Keynote address, Portuguese Finance Network conference, Coimbra
Invited talk
Financial econometrics conference, Imperial College London
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Seminar, University of Basel
Invited talk
Journal of Banking and Finance (Journal)
Editorial activity
Journal of Business Finance and Accounting (Journal)
Editorial activity
- Accounting, Finance, Governance and Banking
- Asset Pricing and Financial Econometrics
- Centre for Financial Econometrics, Asset Markets and Macroeconomic Policy