Volatility forecasting with exponential weighting, smooth transition and robust methods

This thesis focuses on the forecasting of the volatility in financial returns. Our first main contribution is the introduction of two new approaches for combining volatility forecasts. One approach involves the use of discounted weighted least square. The second proposed approach is smooth transitio...

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Main Author: Choo, Wei-Chong
Published: University of Oxford 2008
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.489421