Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/185365 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 7167
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
This paper aims to select the best model or set of models for modelling volatility of the four most popular cryptocurrencies, i.e. Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple and Litecoin. More than 1,000 GARCH models are fitted to the log returns of the exchange rates of each of these cryptocurrencies to estimate a one-step ahead prediction of Value-at-Risk (VaR) and Expected Shortfall (ES) on a rolling window basis. The best model or superior set of models is then chosen by backtesting VaR and ES as well as using a Model Confidence Set (MCS) procedure for their loss functions. The results imply that using standard GARCH models may yield incorrect VaR and ES predictions, and hence result in ineffective risk-management, portfolio optimisation, pricing of derivative securities etc. These could be improved by using instead the model specifications allowing for asymmetries and regime switching suggested by our analysis, from which both investors and regulators can benefit.
Subjects: 
cryptocurrencies
volatility
Markov-switching
GARCH
JEL: 
C22
G12
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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