Research Article

Volatility Risk Premium, Return Predictability, and ESG Sentiment: Evidence from China’s Spots and Options’ Markets

Table 3

Univariate and encompassing regressions of volatility series.

RVOL(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)

Panel A: Daily
HVOL0.45530.14310.26540.1380
(17.8532)(3.9476)(7.9795)(3.7794)
BSVOL0.48110.38370.42630.3480
(21.5963)(11.5742)(10.4815)(7.6585)
MFVOL0.60870.37520.09440.0674
(18.1703)(8.5550)(1.6105)(1.1482)
α0.08870.07570.04520.07000.04710.06740.0643
(19.9828)(17.6231)(6.7911)(15.5272)(7.2395)(10.0266)(9.5412)
Adj. R20.20720.27680.21300.28540.25160.27770.2856
Obs.1217121712171217121712171217

Panel B: Monthly
HVOL0.55870.23310.38940.2109
(4.2967)(1.0385)(2.5059)(0.9427)
BSVOL0.53110.35790.39300.2435
(4.5979)(1.7646)(2.5794)(1.1065)
MFVOL0.79030.44950.35380.3353
(3.9020)(1.8978)(1.3768)(1.2996)
α0.07610.06740.02090.06190.02050.02790.0250
(3.3788)(2.9382)(0.5463)(2.6331)(0.5592)(0.7611)(0.6795)
Adj. R20.22840.25450.19430.25550.26150.26580.2644
Obs.60606060606060

Note. The test statistics are reported with t-values in parentheses. , , and indicate that the coefficient of regression is significant at the 10%, 5%, and 1% level, respectively.