Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/127293 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
Discussion Paper Series No. 472
Publisher: 
University of Heidelberg, Department of Economics, Heidelberg
Abstract: 
Tse (1998) proposes a model which combines the fractionally integrated GARCH formulation of Baillie, Bollerslev and Mikkelsen (1996) with the asymmetric power ARCH specification of Ding, Granger and Engle (1993). This paper analyzes the applicability of a multivariate constant conditional correlation version of the model to national stock market returns for eight countries. We find this multivariate specification to be generally applicable once power, leverage and long-memory effects are taken into consideration. In addition, we find that both the optimal fractional differencing parameter and power transformation are remarkably similar across countries. Out-of-sample evidence for the superior forecasting ability of the multivariate FIAPARCH framework is provided in terms of forecast error statistics and tests for equal forecast accuracy of the various models.
Subjects: 
Asymmetric Power ARCH
Fractional integration
Stock returns
Volatility forecast evaluation
JEL: 
C13
C22
C52
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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