Combining Sharp and Smooth Transitions in Volatility Dynamics: a Fuzzy Regime Approach

Giampiero Gallo () and Edoardo Otranto

No 2017_05, Econometrics Working Papers Archive from Universita' degli Studi di Firenze, Dipartimento di Statistica, Informatica, Applicazioni "G. Parenti"

Abstract: Volatility in financial markets is characterized by alternating persistent turmoil and quiet periods, but also by a slowly-varying average level. This slow moving component keeps open the question of whether some of its features are better represented as abrupt or smooth changes between local averages of volatility. We provide a new class of models with a set of parameters subject to abrupt changes in regime (Markov Switching -- MS) and another set subject to smooth transition (ST) changes. These models capture the possibility that regimes may overlap with one another ( fuzzy ). The empirical application is carried out on the volatility of four US indices. It shows that the flexibility of the new model allows for a better overall performance over either MS or ST, and provides a Local Average Volatility measure as a parametric estimation of the low frequency component.

Keywords: Volatility modeling; Volatility forecasting; Multiplicative Error Model; Markov Switching; Smooth Transition; Common Trend (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C22 C32 C52 C53 C58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 32 pages
Date: 2017-08
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