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Elicitability and Encompassing for Volatility Forecasts by Bregman Functions

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  • Tae-Hwy Lee

    (Department of Economics, University of California Riverside)

  • Ekaterina Seregina

    (Colby College)

  • Yaojue Xu

    (Colby College)

Abstract

In this paper, we construct a class of strictly consistent scoring functions based on the Bregman divergence measure, which jointly elicit the mean and variance. We use the scoring functions to develop a novel out-of-sample forecast encompassing test in volatility predictive models. We show the encompassing test is asymptotically normal. Simulation results demonstrate the merits of the proposed Bregman scoring functions and the forecast encompassing test. The forecast encompassing test exhibits a proper size and good power in finite samples. In an empirical application, we investigate the predictive ability of macroeconomic and financial variables in forecasting the equity premium volatility.

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  • Tae-Hwy Lee & Ekaterina Seregina & Yaojue Xu, 2023. "Elicitability and Encompassing for Volatility Forecasts by Bregman Functions," Working Papers 202311, University of California at Riverside, Department of Economics.
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    Keywords

    strictly consistent scoring function; elicitability; Bregman divergence; Granger-causality; encompassing; model averaging; equity premium.;
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    JEL classification:

    • C53 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Forecasting and Prediction Models; Simulation Methods
    • E37 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Forecasting and Simulation: Models and Applications
    • E27 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Forecasting and Simulation: Models and Applications

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