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Forecasting ability of GARCH vs Kalman filter method: evidence from daily UK time‐varying beta
Author(s) -
Choudhry Taufiq,
Wu Hao
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of forecasting
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.543
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1099-131X
pISSN - 0277-6693
DOI - 10.1002/for.1096
Subject(s) - autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity , kalman filter , econometrics , bivariate analysis , economics , statistics , computer science , mathematics , volatility (finance)
This paper investigates the forecasting ability of four different GARCH models and the Kalman filter method. The four GARCH models applied are the bivariate GARCH, BEKK GARCH, GARCH‐GJR and the GARCH‐X model. The paper also compares the forecasting ability of the non‐GARCH model: the Kalman method. Forecast errors based on 20 UK company daily stock return (based on estimated time‐varying beta) forecasts are employed to evaluate out‐of‐sample forecasting ability of both GARCH models and Kalman method. Measures of forecast errors overwhelmingly support the Kalman filter approach. Among the GARCH models the GJR model appears to provide somewhat more accurate forecasts than the other bivariate GARCH models. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.