Volatility Forecasting: Downside Risk, Jumps and Leverage Effect

We provide empirical evidence of volatility forecasting in relation to asymmetries present in the dynamics of both return and volatility processes. Using recently-developed methodologies to detect jumps from high frequency price data, we estimate the size of positive and negative jumps and propose a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Francesco Audrino, Yujia Hu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-02-01
Series:Econometrics
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2225-1146/4/1/8