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Bartlett's formula for a general class of nonlinear processes
Author(s) -
Francq Christian,
Zakoïan JeanMichel
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of time series analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.576
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1467-9892
pISSN - 0143-9782
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9892.2009.00623.x
Subject(s) - autocorrelation , mathematics , kurtosis , asymptotic distribution , term (time) , nonlinear system , series (stratigraphy) , asymptotic analysis , autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity , autocorrelation technique , statistics , econometrics , volatility (finance) , paleontology , physics , quantum mechanics , estimator , biology
. A Bartlett‐type formula is proposed for the asymptotic distribution of the sample autocorrelations of nonlinear processes. The asymptotic covariances between sample autocorrelations are expressed as the sum of two terms. The first term corresponds to the standard Bartlett's formula for linear processes, involving only the autocorrelation function of the observed process. The second term, which is specific to nonlinear processes, involves the autocorrelation function of the observed process, the kurtosis of the linear innovation process and the autocorrelation function of its square. This formula is obtained under a symmetry assumption on the linear innovation process. It is illustrated on ARMA–GARCH models and compared to the standard formula. An empirical application on financial time series is proposed.