Gradient-based simulated maximum likelihood estimation for L�vy-driven Ornstein-Uhlenbeck stochastic volatility models

Yi-Jie Peng, Michael C. Fu and Jian-Qiang Hu

Quantitative Finance, 2013, vol. 14, issue 8, 1399-1414

Abstract: This paper studies the parameter estimation problem for Ornstein-Uhlenbeck stochastic volatility models driven by L�vy processes. Estimation is regarded as the principal challenge in applying these models since they were proposed by Barndorff-Nielsen and Shephard [ J. R. Stat. Soc. Ser. B , 2001, 63 (2), 167-241]. Most previous work has used a Bayesian paradigm, whereas we treat the problem in the framework of maximum likelihood estimation, applying gradient-based simulation optimization. A hidden Markov model is introduced to formulate the likelihood of observations; sequential Monte Carlo is applied to sample the hidden states from the posterior distribution; smooth perturbation analysis is used to deal with the discontinuities introduced by jumps in estimating the gradient. Numerical experiments indicate that the proposed gradient-based simulated maximum likelihood estimation approach provides an efficient alternative to current estimation methods.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1080/14697688.2013.832864

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