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On the origin of high persistence in GARCH-models

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  • Krämer, Walter
  • Tameze, Baudouin
  • Christou, Konstantinos

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We show that the (Baillie and Chung, 2001) minimum distance estimates of the GARCH (1,1) model induce spurious persistence in the volatility when there are structural changes in the mean of the process.

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  • Krämer, Walter & Tameze, Baudouin & Christou, Konstantinos, 2012. "On the origin of high persistence in GARCH-models," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 114(1), pages 72-75.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:114:y:2012:i:1:p:72-75
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2011.09.012
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    Keywords

    Minimum distance estimates; Structural change; Long memory; GARCH;
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    JEL classification:

    • C13 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Estimation: General
    • C22 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes

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