A nesting framework for Markov-switching GARCH modelling with an application to the German stock market

In this paper, we establish a generalized two-regime Markov-switching GARCH model which enables us to specify complex (symmetric and asymmetric) GARCH equations that may differ considerably in their functional forms across the two Markov regimes. We show how previously proposed collapsing procedures for the Markov-switching GARCH model can be extended to estimate our general specification by means of classical maximum-likelihood methods. We estimate several variants of the generalized Markov-switching GARCH model using daily excess returns of the German stock market index DAX sampled during the last decade. Our empirical study has two major findings. First, our generalized model outperforms all nested specifications in terms of (a) statistical fit (when model selection is based on likelihood ratio tests) and (b) out-of-sample volatility forecasting performance. Second, we find significant Markov-switching structures in German stock market data, with substantially differing volatility equations across the regimes.     

Volatility Relationship between Crude Oil and Petroleum Products

This paper utilizes calculated historical volatility and GARCH models to compare the historical price volatility behavior of crude oil, motor gasoline and heating oil in U.S. markets since 1990. We incorporate a shift variable in the GARCH/TARCH models to capture the response of price volatility to a change in OPEC’s pricing behavior. This study has three major conclusions. First, there was an increase in volatility as a result of a structural shift to higher crude oil prices after April 1999. Second, volatility shocks from current news are not important since GARCH effects dominate ARCH effects in the variance equation. Third, persistence of volatility in all commodity markets is quite transitory, with half-lives normally being a few weeks.

QFII制度对中国证券市场波动的影响研究

QFII制度作为实现资本市场渐进开放的过渡性安排,已经在多个国家成功实施.我国从2003年正式引入QFII制度.希望其能够对证券市场产生积极影响,特别是提高市场的稳定性水平.作者通过自回归条件异方差(GARCH)模型对我国引进QFII前后的市场波动性进行实证分析,得出QFII在总体上对我国市场稳定性改善作用不明显的结论,并提出了相关建议和对策.     

基于GARCH族模型对中国股市波动的分析与预测

运用GARCH类模型对沪深300指数序列的波动性、收益率进行了实证研究,并且对序列做了拟合与预测,获得了不错的效果。除此,还证实了中国股市存在着显著的非对称效应。     

居民消费价格指数ARCH族模型检验

居民消费价格指数(CPI)在一定程度上反映了通货膨胀或紧缩程度,往往成为各种研究关注的重点。应用GARCH类模型对月度CPI的波动性进行了建模.结果表明该模型能有效拟合月度CPI的波动性特征;并根据分析得出我国市场经济还不成熟。     

基于pair-copula的社保基金投资组合风险测度研究

社保基金是社会保障事业健康发展的基石,风险管理是社保基金保值增值的关键问题之一。提出了pair-copula-GARCH-EVT模型以测度社保基金投资组合风险,与传统的n维copula-GARCH-EVT模型相比,该模型不仅考虑了维数的影响,而且还能灵活地选择copula的类型。实证研究发现,基于pair-copula-GARCH-EVT的模型测度社保基金投资组合风险的准确性要高于传统的copula-GARCH-EVT模型。     

服务出口与实际汇率动态关系分析:基于美国数据的考察

基于代表性家庭追求效用最大化,文中构建了一个由外国实际收入、汇率水平、货物出口以及经GARCH(1,1)模型估计所得条件方差作为汇率风险代理变量组成的服务出口方程.采用自回归分布滞后估计方程参数,并将汇率变动影响货物出口进而传导至服务出口的间接效应纳入分析框架.估计结果显示,汇率水平变动与服务出口之间存在负相关关系,而...     

MACROECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY AND CONDITIONAL STOCK MARKET VOLATILITY IN SOUTH AFRICA*

This paper analyses how systematic risk emanating from the macroeconomy is transmitted into stock market volatility using augmented autoregressive Generalised Autoregressive Conditional Heteroscedastic (AR‐GARCH) and vector autoregression (VAR) models. Also examined is whether the relationship between the two is bidirectional. By imposing dummies for the 1997‐1998 Asian and the 2007‐2009 sub‐prime financial crises, the study further analyses whether financial crises affect the relationship between macroeconomic uncertainty and stock market volatility. The findings show that macroeconomic uncertainty significantly influences stock market volatility. Although volatilities in inflation, the gold price and the oil price seem to play a role, it is found that volatility in short‐term interest rates and exchange rates are the most important, suggesting that South African domestic financial markets are increasingly becoming interdependent. Finally, the results show that financial crises increase volatility in the stock market and in most macroeconomic variables, and, by so doing, strengthen the effects of changes in macroeconomic variables on the stock market.     

服务出口与实际汇率动态关系分析:基于美国数据的考察

基于代表性家庭追求效用最大化,文中构建了一个由外国实际收入、汇率水平、货物出口以及经GARCH(1,1)模型估计所得条件方差作为汇率风险代理变量组成的服务出口方程。采用自回归分布滞后估计方程参数,并将汇率变动影响货物出口进而传导至服务出口的间接效应纳入分析框架。估计结果显示,汇率水平变动与服务出口之间存在负相关关系,而汇率风险却有助于推动服务出口;汇率变动对服务出口的累积净效应表明,汇率水平变动是汇率变动对服务出口最终影响效应的主导因素。最后从我国汇率变动与服务贸易发展角度也证实了该结论。     

汽车行业股价波动性的实证研究——基于GARCH类模型

近年来，我国汽车产业发展迅猛，汽车股价波动日趋复杂。鉴于GARCH模型能够较好地拟合时间序列的尖峰厚尾特征．本文采集了2008年1月1日至2009年11月30日共计1260个道琼斯第一财经中国600汽车和零件行业领先指数的数据，并将其分为熊市牛市两个阶段．运用GARCH类模型进行实证分析，证实了我国汽车行业股价具有尖峰厚尾、显著异于正态分布的特征，说明了两阶段股市中均存在杠杆效应，同时得出了收益随风险的增加而增加的现象在熊市中更加明显。