TY - GEN N2 - The three main chapters of this dissertation are self-contained research articles that can be read independently from each other. They all focus on forecasting with financial and macroeconomic data. The analyses in Chapter 1 and 2 are joint works with Christian Conrad. Both focus on forecasting volatility for financial markets. In Chapter 1, we address aggregate stock market volatility and in Chapter 2 stock-specific volatility for investment decisions. Chapter 3 is single-authored and, in contrast to the other two chapters, focuses on the evaluation of distribution forecasts. A1 - Kleen, Onno UR - https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/28723/ ID - heidok28723 KW - Economic forecasting KW - forecast evaluation KW - volatility KW - portfolio analysis KW - GARCH-MIDAS KW - low-volatility anomaly AV - public CY - Heidelberg TI - Three Essays on Volatility Forecasting and Forecast Evaluation Y1 - 2020/// ER -