GARCH Models
Contents
Preface
Notation
1 Classical Time Series Models and Financial Series
1.1 Stationary Processes
1.2 ARMA and ARIMA Models
1.3 Financial Series
1.4 Random Variance Models
1.5 Bibliographical Notes
1.6 Exercises
Part I Univariate GARCH Models
2 GARCH(p, q) Processes
2.1 Definitions and Representations
2.2 Stationarity Study
2.2.1 The GARCH(1, 1) Case
2.2.2 The General Case
2.3 ARCH (∞) Representation
2.3.1 Existence Conditions
2.3.2 ARCH (∞) Representation of a GARCH
2.3.3 Long-Memory ARCH
2.4 Properties of the Marginal Distribution
2.4.1 Even-Order Moments
2.4.2 Kurtosis
2.5 Autocovariances of the Squares of a GARCH
2.5.1 Positivity of the Autocovariances
2.5.2 The Autocovariances Do Not Always Decrease
2.5.3 Explicit Computation of the Autocovariances of the Squares
2.6 Theoretical Predictions
2.7 Bibliographical Notes
2.8 Exercises
3 Mixing*
3.1 Markov Chains with Continuous State Space
3.2 Mixing Properties of GARCH Processes
3.3 Bibliographical Notes
3.4 Exercises
4 Temporal Aggregation and Weak GARCH Models
4.1 Temporal Aggregation of GARCH Processes
4.1.1 Nontemporal Aggregation of Strong Models
4.1.2 Nonaggregation in the Class of Semi-Strong GARCH Processes
4.2 Weak GARCH
4.3 Aggregation of Strong GARCH Processes in the Weak GARCH Class
4.4 Bibliographical Notes
4.5 Exercises
Part II Statistical Inference
5 Identification
5.1 Autocorrelation Check for White Noise
5.1.1 Behavior of the Sample Autocorrelations of a GARCH Process
5.1.2 Portmanteau Tests
5.1.3 Sample Partial Autocorrelations of a GARCH
5.1.4 Numerical Illustrations
5.2 Identifying the ARMA Orders of an ARMA-GARCH
5.2.1 Sample Autocorrelations of an ARMA-GARCH
5.2.2 Sample Autocorrelations of an ARMA-GARCH Process When the Noise is Not Symmetrically Distributed
5.2.3 Identifying the Orders (P,Q)
5.3 Identifying the GARCH Orders of an ARMA-GARCH Model
5.3.1 Corner Method in the GARCH Case
5.3.2 Applications
5.4 Lagrange Multiplier Test for Conditional Homoscedasticity
5.4.1 General Form of the LM Test
5.4.2 LM Test for Conditional Homoscedasticity
5.5 Application to Real Series
5.6 Bibliographical Notes
5.7 Exercises
6 Estimating ARCH Models by Least Squares
6.1 Estimation of ARCH(q) models by Ordinary Least Squares
6.2 Estimation of ARCH(q) Models by Feasible Generalized Least Squares
6.3 Estimation by Constrained Ordinary Least Squares
6.3.1 Properties of the Constrained OLS Estimator
6.3.2 Computation of the Constrained OLS Estimator
6.4 Bibliographical Notes
6.5 Exercises
7 Estimating GARCH Models by Quasi-Maximum Likelihood
7.1 Conditional Quasi-Likelihood
7.1.1 Asymptotic Properties of the QMLE
7.1.2 The ARCH(1) Case: Numerical Evaluation of the Asymptotic Variance
7.1.3 The Nonstationary ARCH(1)
7.2 Estimation of ARMA-GARCH Models by Quasi-Maximum Likelihood
7.3 Application to Real Data
7.4 Proofs of the Asymptotic Results*
7.5 Bibliographical Notes
7.6 Exercises
8 Tests Based on the Likelihood
8.1 Test of the Second-Order Stationarity Assumption
8.2 Asymptotic Distribution of the QML When ¥è0 is at the Boundary
8.2.1 Computation of the Asymptotic Distribution
8.3 Significance of the GARCH Coefficients
8.3.1 Tests and Rejection Regions
8.3.2 Modification of the Standard Tests
8.3.3 Test for the Nullity of One Coefficient
8.3.4 Conditional Homoscedasticity Tests with ARCH Models
8.3.5 Asymptotic Comparison of the Tests
8.4 Diagnostic Checking with Portmanteau Tests
8.5 Application: Is the GARCH(1,1) Model Overrepresented?
8.6 Proofs of the Main Results
8.7 Bibliographical Notes
8.8 Exercises
9 Optimal Inference and Alternatives to the QMLE*
9.1 Maximum Likelihood Estimator
9.1.1 Asymptotic Behavior
9.1.2 One-Step Efficient Estimator
9.1.3 Semiparametric Models and Adaptive Estimators
9.1.4 Local Asymptotic Normality
9.2 Maximum Likelihood Estimator with Misspecified Density
9.2.1 Condition for the Convergence of [omitted]
9.2.2 Reparameterization Implying the Convergence of [omitted]
9.2.3 Choice of Instrumental Density h
9.2.4 Asymptotic Distribution of [omitted]
9.3 Alternative Estimation Methods
9.3.1 Weighted LSE for the ARMA Parameters
9.3.2 Self-Weighted QMLE
9.3.3 Lp Estimators
9.3.4 Least Absolute Value Estimation
9.3.5 Whittle Estimator
9.4 Bibliographical Notes
9.5 Exercises
Part III Extensions and Applications
10 Asymmetries
10.1 Exponential GARCH Model
10.2 Threshold GARCH Model
10.3 Asymmetric Power GARCH Model
10.4 Other Asymmetric GARCH Models
10.5 A GARCH Model with Contemporaneous Conditional Asymmetry
10.6 Empirical Comparisons of Asymmetric GARCH Formulations
10.7 Bibliographical Notes
10.8 Exercises
11 Multivariate GARCH Processes
11.1 Multivariate Stationary Processes
11.2 Multivariate GARCH Models
11.2.1 Diagonal Model
11.2.2 Vector GARCH Model
11.2.3 Constant Conditional Correlations Models
11.2.4 Dynamic Conditional Correlations Models
11.2.5 BEKK-GARCH Model
11.2.6 Factor GARCH Models
11.3 Stationarity
11.3.1 Stationarity of VEC and BEKK Models
11.3.2 Stationarity of the CCC Model
11.4 Estimation of the CCC Model
11.4.1 Identifiability Conditions
11.4.2 Asymptotic Properties of the QMLE of the CCC-GARCH model
11.4.3 Proof of the Consistency and the Asymptotic Normality of the QML
11.5 Bibliographical Notes
11.6 Exercises
12 Financial Applications
12.1 Relation between GARCH and Continuous-Time Models
12.1.1 Some Properties of Stochastic Differential Equations
12.1.2 Convergence of Markov Chains to Diffusions
12.2 Option Pricing
12.2.1 Derivatives and Options
12.2.2 The Black–Scholes Approach
12.2.3 Historic Volatility and Implied Volatilities
12.2.4 Option Pricing when the Underlying Process is a GARCH
12.3 Value at Risk and Other Risk Measures
12.3.1 Value at Risk
12.3.2 Other Risk Measures
12.3.3 Estimation Methods
12.4 Bibliographical Notes
12.5 Exercises
Part IV Appendices
A Ergodicity, Martingales, Mixing
A.1 Ergodicity
A.2 Martingale Increments
A.3 Mixing
A.3.1 α-Mixing and β-Mixing Coefficients
A.3.2 Covariance Inequality
A.3.3 Central Limit Theorem
B Autocorrelation and Partial Autocorrelation
B.1 Partial Autocorrelation
B.2 Generalized Bartlett Formula for Nonlinear Processes
C Solutions to the Exercises
D Problems
References
Index