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Testing for an omitted multiplicative long-term component in GARCH models

Conrad, Christian; Schienle, Melanie ORCID iD icon

Abstract:

We consider the problem of testing for an omitted multiplicative long-term component in GARCH-type models. Under the alternative there is a two-component model with a short-term GARCH component that uctuates around a smoothly time-varying long-term component which is driven by the dynamics of an explanatory variable. We suggest a Lagrange Multiplier statistic for testing the null hypothesis that the variable has no explanatory power. We derive the asymptotic theory for our test statistic and investigate its finite sample properties by Monte-Carlo simulation. Our test also covers the mixed-frequency case in which the returns are observed at a higher frequency than the explanatory variable. The usefulness of our procedure is illustrated by empirical applications to S&P 500 return data.


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DOI: 10.5445/IR/1000090371
Veröffentlicht am 29.01.2019
Cover der Publikation
Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre (ECON)
Publikationstyp Forschungsbericht/Preprint
Publikationsjahr 2019
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator ISSN: 2190-9806
urn:nbn:de:swb:90-903712
KITopen-ID: 1000090371
Verlag Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
Umfang 58 S.
Serie Working paper series in economics ; 121
Schlagwörter GARCH-MIDAS, LM test, Long-Term Volatility, Mixed-Frequency Data, Volatility Component Models
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