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MCMC Bayesian Estimation of a Skew-GED Stochastic Volatility Model

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Nunzio Cappuccio (University of Padova)
Diego Lubian (University of Verona, Italy)
Davide Raggi (Università degli Studi di Verona)

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Abstract

In this paper we present a stochastic volatility model assuming that the return shock has a Skew-GED distribution. This allows a parsimonious yet flexible treatment of asymmetry and heavy tails in the conditional distribution of returns. The Skew-GED distribution nests both the GED, the Skew-normal and the normal densities as special cases so that specification tests are easily performed. Inference is conducted under a Bayesian framework using Markov Chain MonteCarlo methods for computing the posterior distributions of the parameters. More precisely, our Gibbs-MH updating scheme makes use of the Delayed Rejection Metropolis-Hastings methodology as proposed by Tierney and Mira (1999), and of Adaptive-Rejection Metropolis sampling. We apply this methodology to a data set of daily and weekly exchange rates. Our results suggest that daily returns are mostly symmetric with fat-tailed distributions while weekly returns exhibit both significant asymmetry and fat tails.

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Volume (Year): 8 (2004)
Issue (Month): 2 ()
Pages: 1211-1211
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Keywords: Stochastic volatility Markov Chain MonteCarlo Skewness Heavy tails Bayesian inference

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