Professor Ingmar Nolte

Professor of Finance & Econometrics

Research Overview

Personal Webpage: www.lancs.ac.uk/staff/nolte/

My research interests lie in the areas of financial econometrics, asset pricing, market microstructure and forecasting. My current research focuses on i) the construction of volatility estimators, jump and drift burst detection using high-frequency data and point process models; ii) factor investing with the aim to improve the information content of factors; and iii) the market microstructure of option markets and the estimation of risk-neutral densities using high-frequency option data. I am working on developing dynamic micro-econometric techniques (discrete choice, count data, point process models) in time-series and panel setups for the analysis of complex finance relationships and applying these models to gain a better understanding of disaggregated trading processes, which involves understanding the behaviour of individual market participants such as traders, brokers and analysts. I am also interested in the analysis of survey data and maro-forecasting with both qualitative and continuous data. My research in this area involves the analysis of forecasting combination techniques and multivariate density forecasting.

Selected Publications

Parametric Risk-Neutral Density Estimation via Finite Lognormal-Weibull Mixtures
Li, Y., Nolte, I., Pham, M. 13/04/2024 In: Journal of Econometrics.
Journal article

Factor Timing with Portfolio Characteristics
Kagkadis, A., Nolte, I., Nolte, S., Vasilas, N. 31/03/2024 In: Review of Asset Pricing Studies. 14, 1, p. 84-118. 35 p.
Journal article

Can Capital Adjustment Costs Explain the Decline in Investment-Cash Flow Sensitivity?
Liao, S., Nolte, I., Pawlina, G. 11/04/2023 In: Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. 48 p.
Journal article

Transaction Cost-Optimized Equity Factors Around the World
Basic, F., Lohre, H., Martin Utrera, A., Nolte, I., Nolte, S. 1/04/2024 In: Journal of Portfolio Management. 50, 6, p. 40-73.
Journal article

Volatility Estimation and Forecasts Based on Price Durations
Hong, S.Y., Nolte, I., Taylor, S., Zhao, V. 19/01/2023 In: Journal of Financial Econometrics. 21, 1, p. 106-144. 39 p.
Journal article

Weighted Least Squares Realized Covariation Estimation
Li, Y., Nolte, I., Vasios, M., Voev, V., Xu, Q. 30/04/2022 In: Journal of Banking and Finance. 137, 21 p.
Journal article

High-frequency volatility modeling: A Markov-Switching Autoregressive Conditional Intensity model
Li, Y., Nolte, I., Nolte, S. 31/03/2021 In: Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control. 124, 20 p.
Journal article

A descriptive study of high-frequency trade and quote option data
Andersen, T., Archakov, I., Grund, L., Hautsch, N., Li, Y., Nasekin, S., Nolte, I., Pham, M., Taylor, S., Todorov, V. 31/01/2021 In: Journal of Financial Econometrics. 19, 1, p. 128-177. 50 p.
Journal article

The economic value of volatility timing with realized jumps
Nolte, I., Xu, Q. 12/2015 In: Journal of Empirical Finance. 34, p. 45-59. 15 p.
Journal article

Least Squares inference on integrated volatility and the relationship between efficient Prices and noise
Nolte, I., Voev, V. 2012 In: Journal of Business and Economic Statistics. 30, 1, p. 94-108. 15 p.
Journal article

Trading dynamics in the foreign exchange market: a latent factor panel intensity approach
Nolte, I., Voev, V. 2011 In: Journal of Financial Econometrics. 9, 4, p. 685-716. 32 p.
Journal article

Lancaster-Manchester Joint PhD Workshop on Quantitative Finance and Financial Econometrics
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Financial Econometrics Conference to mark Stephen Taylor's retirement
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Organizer, 3rd Frontiers of Factor Investing Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Organizer, Volatility, Jumps and Bursts Workshop
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Organizer, Conference on Intrinsic Time in Finance
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

15th International Conference on Computational and Financial Econometrics
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

6th KoLaMaFr - Workshop on Financial Econometrics
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Organizer, Econometrics of Option Markets Workshop
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Organizer, 2nd Frontiers of Factor Investing Virtual Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

14th International Conference on Computational and Financial Econometrics
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

13th International Conference on Computational and Financial Econometrics
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Organizer, Mutual Funds, Hedge Funds and Factor Investing
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

FMA - 2019 Consortium on Factor Investing
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Organizer, Financial Econometrics Conference: Market Microstructure, Limit Order Books and Derivative Markets
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Organizer, Conference on Frontiers of Factor Investing
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Organizer, 1st Lancaster-Warwick (LaWa) Workshop on Financial Econometrics & Market Microstructure
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Organizer, 3rd Konstanz-Lancaster (KoLa) Workshop on Finance and Econometrics
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

School of Management, Cranfield University
Visiting an external academic institution

Organizer, Financial Econometrics and Empirical Asset Pricing Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Seminar, Bank of England
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

ESRC (External organisation)
Membership of committee

The Leverhulme Trust (External organisation)
Membership of committee

Warwick Business School
Visiting an external academic institution

ESRC - North West Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership (External organisation)
Member of an organisation

ESRC Peer College Review (External organisation)
Membership of committee

ESRC (External organisation)
Membership of committee

Organizer, ESRC NWDTC Accounting and Finance Pathway Workshop on Job Market and Employment Skills
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Manchester Business School
Visiting an external academic institution

Organizer, 1st Konstanz-Lancaster (KoLa) Workshop on Finance and Econometrics
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Organizer, IFABS 2013 5th International Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

ESRC - North West Doctoral Training Centre (External organisation)
Member of an organisation

Journal of Banking and Finance (Journal)
Editorial activity

Organizer, Frontiers of Finance 2012
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) (External organisation)
Membership of committee

Organizer, Recent Advances in Finance - Workshop Week
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

European Journal of Finance (Journal)
Editorial activity

Organizer, Individual Decision Making, High Frequency Econometrics and Limit Order Book Dynamics
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

EFM 2020 Top Download Award
Prize (including medals and awards)

Centre for Financial Econometrics, Asset Markets and Macroeconomic Policy

C038, C - Floor, Management School

Centre for Financial Econometrics, Asset Markets and Macroeconomic Policy

Centre for Financial Econometrics, Asset Markets and Macroeconomic Policy

  • Asset Pricing and Financial Econometrics
  • Centre for Financial Econometrics, Asset Markets and Macroeconomic Policy