Nonparametric estimation of volatility models with serially dependent innovations

Christian Dahl () and Michael Levine

Statistics & Probability Letters, 2006, vol. 76, issue 18, pages 2007-2016

Abstract: We are interested in modelling the time series process yt=[sigma](xt)[epsilon]t, where [epsilon]t=[phi]0[epsilon]t-1+vt. This model is of interest as it provides a plausible linkage between risk and expected return of financial assets. Further, the model can serve as a vehicle for testing the martingale difference sequence hypothesis, which is typically uncritically adopted in financial time series models. When xt has a fixed design, we provide a novel nonparametric estimator of the variance function based on the difference approach and establish its limiting properties. When xt is strictly stationary on a strongly mixing base (hereby allowing for ARCH effects) the nonparametric variance function estimator by Fan and Yao [1998. Efficient estimation of conditional variance functions in stochastic regression. Biometrika 85, 645-660] can be applied and seems very promising. We propose a semiparametric estimator of [phi]0 that is -consistent, adaptive, and asymptotic normally distributed under very general conditions on xt.

Keywords: Weak; form; volatility; models; Nonparametric/Semiparametric; estimation; Asymptotics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006

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