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A two-component realized exponential generalized autoregressive conditional heteroscedasticity model

Xinyu Wu, Michelle Xia and Huanming Zhang

  • A two-component realized EGARCH model is proposed for modelling and forecasting volatility.
  • The model is capable of capturing the long memory property of volatility.
  • The model is easy to implement using the maximum likelihood method.
  • The model as well as a restricted version of the model outperform many competitor models in both in-sample fit and out-of-sample forecast.

This paper proposes a two-component realized exponential generalized autoregressive conditional heteroscedasticity (EGARCH) model – an extension of the realized EGARCH model – for the joint modeling of asset returns and realized measures of volatility. The proposed model assumes that the volatility of asset returns consists of two components: a long-run component and a short-run component. The model’s unique ability to capture the long-memory property of volatility distinguishes it from the standard realized EGARCH model. The model is convenient to implement within the framework of maximum likelihood estimation. We apply the two-component realized EGARCH model and a restricted version of the model (the two-component realized EGARCH model with only short-run leverage) to four stock indexes: the Standard & Poor’s 500 index, the Hang Seng index, the Nikkei 225 index and the Deutscher Aktienindex. The empirical study suggests that the two-component realized EGARCH model and its restricted version outperform the realized GARCH model, the realized EGARCH model and the realized heterogeneous autoregressive GARCH model in terms of in-sample fit. Further, an out-of-sample predictive analysis demonstrates that the two-component realized EGARCH model and its restricted version yield more accurate volatility forecasts than the alternatives.

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