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Longer-term time-series volatility forecasts.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2010
ISSN
0022-1090
Abstract
Option pricing models and longer-term value-at-risk (VaR) models generally require volatility forecasts over horizons considerably longer than the data frequency. The typical recursive procedure for generating longer-term forecasts keeps the relative weights of recent and older observations the same for all forecast horizons. In contrast, we find that older observations are relatively more important in forecasting at longer horizons. We find that the Ederington and Guan (2005) model and a modified EGARCH (exponential generalized autoregressive conditional heteroskedastic) model in which parameter values vary with the forecast horizon forecast better out-of-sample than the GARCH (generalized autoregressive conditional heteroskedastic), EGARCH, and Glosten, Jagannathan, and Runkle (GJR) models across a wide variety of markets and forecast horizons.
Language
en_US
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Recommended Citation
Ederington, L.H. & Guan, W. (2010). Longer-term time-series volatility forecasts. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 45(4), 1055-1076.
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Comments
Abstract only. Full-text article is available through licensed access provided by the publisher. Published in Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 45(4), 1055-1076. DOI: 10.1017/S0022109010000372. Members of the USF System may access the full-text of the article through the authenticated link provided.