A simulation study on the distributions of disturbances in the GARCH model

Generalized autoregressive conditional heteroskedastic (GARCH) model is a standard approach to study the volatility behaviour of financial time series. The original specification of GARCH model is developed based on Normal distribution for the disturbances, which cannot accommodate fat-tailed proper...

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Main Authors: Lingbing Feng, Yanlin Shi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-01-01
Series:Cogent Economics & Finance
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23322039.2017.1355503