Parametric Distributional Flexibility and Conditional Variance Models with an Application to Hourly Exchange Rates /

This paper builds on the ARCH approach for modeling distributions with time-varying conditional variance by using the generalized Student t distribution. The distribution offers flexibility in modeling both leptokurtosis and asymmetry (characteristics seen in high-frequency financial time series dat...

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Auteur principal: Lye, Jenny
Format: Revue
Langue:English
Publié: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1998.
Collection:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1998/029
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