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Author:Sandmann, G.
Koopman, S. J.
Title:Estimation of stochastic volatility models via Monte Carlo maximum likelihood
Journal:Journal of Econometrics
1998 : DEC, VOL. 87:2, p. 271-301
Index terms:ECONOMETRICS
ESTIMATION
STOCHASTIC PROCESSES
VOLATILITY
MONTE CARLO TECHNIQUE
Freeterms:GARCH MODEL
IMPORTANCE SAMPLING
KALMAN FILTER SMOOTHER
Language:eng
Abstract:The Monte Carlo maximum likelihood method (MCL) of estimating stochastic volatility (SV) models, is discussed in this article. The representation of the model is in a linear state space form so the Kalmar filter can be employed to compute the Gaussian likelihood function via the prediction error decomposition. Due to the log chi-square disturbances in the measurement equation of the model, the Gaussian likelihood will only make up a part of the true likelihood function. The proposed MCL estimator approximates the remainder term via Monte Carlo simulation. The finite sample performance of the MCL is examined in a simulation experiment.
SCIMA record nr: 182669
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