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Spurious persistence in stochastic volatility

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  • Messow, Philip
  • Krämer, Walter

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We show that structural changes in stochastic volatility models induce spurious persistence. Other than in GARCH-type models, implied persistence does not tend to unity with given size of the structural change and increasing sample size.

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  • Messow, Philip & Krämer, Walter, 2013. "Spurious persistence in stochastic volatility," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 121(2), pages 221-223.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:121:y:2013:i:2:p:221-223
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2013.08.008
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    Keywords

    Persistence; Stochastic volatility; Structural change;
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    JEL classification:

    • C32 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes; State Space Models
    • C58 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Financial Econometrics

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