The paper describes the use of the Gallant-Tauchen efficient method of moments (EMM) technique for diagnostic checking of stochastic differential equations (SDEs) estimated from financial market data. The EMM technique is a simulation-based method that uses the score function of an auxiliary model as the criterion to define a generalized method of moments (GMM) objective function. The technique can handle multivariate SDEs where the state vector is not completely observed. The optimized GMM objective function is distributed as chi-square and may be used to test model adequacy. Elements of the score function correspond to specific parameters and large values reflect features of data that a rejected SDE specification does not describe well. The diagnostics are illustrated by estimating a three-factor model to weekly, 1962-1995, term structure data comprised of short (3 month), medium (12 month), and long (10 year) Treasury rates. The Yield-Factor Model is sharply rejected, although an extension that permits the local variance function to be a convex function of the interest rates comes much closer to describing the data.
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Length: Date of creation: 1995 Date of revision: Publication status: Published in MODELLING STOCK MARKET VOLATILITY: BRIDGING THE GAP TO CONTINUOUS TIME, Peter E. Rossi (ed.), Academic Press, 1996, pages 357-383 Handle: RePEc:duk:dukeec:95-49
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