Fourier inference for stochastic volatility models with heavy-tailed innovations

被引:2
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作者
Ebner, Bruno [1 ]
Klar, Bernhard [1 ]
Meintanis, Simos G. [2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Karlsruhe Inst Technol, Inst Stochast, Karlsruhe, Germany
[2] Natl & Kapodistrian Univ Athens, Dept Econ, Athens, Greece
[3] North West Univ, Unit Business Math & Informat, Potchefstroom, South Africa
关键词
Stochastic volatility model; Minimum distance estimation; Heavy-tailed distribution; Characteristic function; EMPIRICAL CHARACTERISTIC FUNCTION; DISTRIBUTIONS;
D O I
10.1007/s00362-016-0803-6
中图分类号
O21 [概率论与数理统计]; C8 [统计学];
学科分类号
020208 ; 070103 ; 0714 ;
摘要
We consider estimation of stochastic volatility models which are driven by a heavy-tailed innovation distribution. Exploiting the simple structure of the characteristic function of suitably transformed observations we propose an estimator which minimizes a weighted L-2-type distance between the theoretical characteristic function of these observations and an empirical counterpart. A related goodness-of-fit test is also proposed. Monte-Carlo results are presented. The procedures are also applied to real data from the financial markets.
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页码:1043 / 1060
页数:18
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