Asymmetry and long memory in volatility modeling

Manabu Asai, Michael McAleer, Marcelo C. Medeiros

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Abstract

In this paper, we propose a long memory asymmetric volatility model, which captures more flexible asymmetric patterns as compared with several existing models. We extend the new specification to realized volatility (RV) by taking account of measurement errors and use the Efficient Importance Sampling technique to estimate the model. We apply the model to the RV of S&P500. Overall, the results of the out-of-sample forecasts show the adequacy of the new asymmetric and long memory volatility model for the period including the global financial crisis.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)495-512
Number of pages18
JournalJournal of Financial Econometrics
Volume10
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2012
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Asymmetric volatility
  • Efficient importance sampling
  • Long memory
  • Measurement errors
  • Realized volatility

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Finance
  • Economics and Econometrics

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