Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/231656 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Citation: 
[Journal:] Financial Studies [ISSN:] 2066-6071 [Volume:] 22 [Issue:] 1 (79) [Publisher:] Romanian Academy, National Institute of Economic Research (INCE), "Victor Slăvescu" Centre for Financial and Monetary Research [Place:] Bucharest [Year:] 2018 [Pages:] 20-31
Publisher: 
Romanian Academy, National Institute of Economic Research (INCE), "Victor Slăvescu" Centre for Financial and Monetary Research, Bucharest
Abstract: 
Empirical studies have shown that a large number of financial asset returns exhibit fat tails (leptokurtosis) and are often characterized by volatility clustering and asymmetry. This paper considers the ability of the asymmetric GARCH-type models (TGARCH, EGARCH, APGARCH) to capture the stylized features of volatility in the Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index (VIX). We analyzed daily VIX returns for the period September 26th, 2012 - September 27th, 2017. The results of this paper suggest that in the presence of asymmetric responses to innovations in the market, the EGARCH (1,1) Student-t model which accommodates the kurtosis of VIX return series is preferred.
Subjects: 
asymmetry
volatility
response to market innovation
JEL: 
C22
C58
G15
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Document Type: 
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