Empirical modelling of the DEM/USD and DEM/JPY foreign exchange rate: Structural shifts in GARCH‐models and their implications

Helmut Herwartz and Hans-Eggert Reimers

Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry, 2002, vol. 18, issue 1, 3-22

Abstract: We analyse daily changes of two log foreign exchange (FX) rates involving the Deutsche Mark (DEM) for the period 1975–1998, namely FX‐rates measured against the US dollar (USD) and the Japanese yen (JPY). To account for volatility clustering we fit a GARCH(1,1)‐model with leptokurtic innovations. Its parameters are not stable over the sample period and two separate variance regimes are selected for both exchange rate series. The identified points of structural change are close to a change of the monetary policies in the US and Japan, the latter of which is followed by a long period of decreasing asset prices. Having identified subperiods of homogeneous volatility dynamics we concentrate on stylized facts to distinguish these volatility regimes. The bottom level of estimated volatility turns out be considerably higher during the second part of the sample period for both exchange rates. A similar result holds for the average level of volatility and for implied volatility of heavily traded at the money options. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Date: 2002
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