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Forecasting the weekly time-varying beta of UK firms: GARCH models vs Kalman filter method

Forecasting the weekly time-varying beta of UK firms: GARCH models vs Kalman filter method
Forecasting the weekly time-varying beta of UK firms: GARCH models vs Kalman filter method
This paper investigates the forecasting ability of three different GARCH models and the Kalman filter method. The three GARCH models applied are the bivariate GARCH, BEKK GARCH, and GARCH-GJR. Forecast errors based on twenty UK company’s weekly stock return (based on time-vary beta) forecasts are employed to evaluate out-of-sample forecasting ability of both the GARCH models and the Kalman method. Measures of forecast errors overwhelmingly support the Kalman filter approach. Among the GARCH models, GJR appears to provide somewhat more accurate forecasts than the two other GARCH models.
forecasting, Kalman filter, GARCH, volatility
1351-847X
437-444
Choudhry, Taufiq
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Wu, Hao
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Choudhry, Taufiq
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Wu, Hao
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Choudhry, Taufiq and Wu, Hao (2009) Forecasting the weekly time-varying beta of UK firms: GARCH models vs Kalman filter method. European Journal of Finance, 15 (3-4), 437-444. (doi:10.1080/13518470802604499).

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This paper investigates the forecasting ability of three different GARCH models and the Kalman filter method. The three GARCH models applied are the bivariate GARCH, BEKK GARCH, and GARCH-GJR. Forecast errors based on twenty UK company’s weekly stock return (based on time-vary beta) forecasts are employed to evaluate out-of-sample forecasting ability of both the GARCH models and the Kalman method. Measures of forecast errors overwhelmingly support the Kalman filter approach. Among the GARCH models, GJR appears to provide somewhat more accurate forecasts than the two other GARCH models.

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Published date: June 2009
Keywords: forecasting, Kalman filter, GARCH, volatility

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Local EPrints ID: 147385
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/147385
ISSN: 1351-847X
PURE UUID: 2c0405d5-4789-42d6-9784-da628ad1864f
ORCID for Taufiq Choudhry: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-0463-0662

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Date deposited: 26 Apr 2010 08:34
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 02:44

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Author: Taufiq Choudhry ORCID iD
Author: Hao Wu

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