Research and Application of a Stochastic Volatility Model with T-distribution Leveraged

Author(s):  
Jianhui Yang ◽  
Jie Wu
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 225
Author(s):  
Zhongxian Men ◽  
Tony S. Wirjanto ◽  
Adam W. Kolkiewicz

This paper studies multiscale stochastic volatility models of financial asset returns. It specifies two components in the log-volatility process and allows for leverage/asymmetric effects from both components while return innovation terms follow a heavy/fat tailed Student t distribution. The two components are shown to be important in capturing persistent dependence in return volatility, which is often absent in applications of stochastic volatility models which incorporate leverage/asymmetric effects. The models are applied to asset returns from a foreign currency market and an equity market. The model fits are assessed, and the proposed models are shown to compare favorably to the one-component asymmetric stochastic volatility models with Gaussian and Student t distributed innovation terms.


1998 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 33-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuichi Nagahara ◽  
Genshiro Kitagawa

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