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Evaluating the performance of GARCH models using White´s Reality Check

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Leonardo Souza (Algotithmics do Brasil Inc)
Alvaro Veiga (Department of Electrical Engineering PUC-Rio)
Marcelo C. Medeiros (Department of Economics PUC-Rio)

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Paper provided by Department of Economics PUC-Rio (Brazil) in its series Textos para discussão with number 453.

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Date of creation: Apr 2002
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Publication status: Published in Brazilian Review of Econometrics, v. 25, n.1, 2005
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Keywords: time seris; GARCH models; bootstrap; reality check; volatility; financial econometrics; Monte Carlo; forecasting; riskmetrics; moving average;

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  1. Marcelo de Paiva Abreu, 2003. "The political economy of economic integration in the Americas: Latin American interests," Textos para discussão 468, Department of Economics PUC-Rio (Brazil). [Downloadable!]
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