Essays on forecasting the multivariate variance-covariance matrix

This thesis is concerned with forecasting the variance covariance matrix (VCM) for a range of financial assets and investigating whether combining the elements of such forecasts result in more accurate predictions of portfolio volatility than those obtained from univariate models of aggregate volati...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: O'Neill, Robert
Other Authors: Osborn, Denise; Becker, Ralf
Published: University of Manchester 2011
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.553360