Regular biography
Tim Bollerslev is the Juanita and Clifton Kreps Distinguished Professor of Economics in Trinity College of Arts and Sciences at Duke University. His research focuses on time-series econometrics, financial econometrics, and empirical asset pricing finance. He is particularly known for developing econometric models and procedures for analyzing and forecasting financial market volatility. His recent work includes the analysis of high-frequency intraday financial data and realized volatility measures, as well as macroeconomic news announcement effects and the pricing of volatility risk. Bollerslev's contributions have been featured in several handbook chapters on volatility and correlation forecasting and volatility measurement.
Scholar-generated biography
Tim Bollerslev is a financial econometrician specializing in asset pricing, time series econometrics, and financial market volatility. His research focuses on modeling and forecasting volatility in financial markets, with an emphasis on generalized autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity (GARCH) models. Bollerslev's work explores the dynamics of realized volatility, time-varying covariances, and the impact of macroeconomic announcements on financial markets. His publications address the persistence of conditional variances, the distribution of realized volatility, and the role of jumps in return volatility. His research has significantly advanced the understanding of financial risk and asset pricing in the presence of time-varying volatility.