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Co-volatility and correlation clustering : a multivariate correlated ARCH framework

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Christodoulakis, George (2001) Co-volatility and correlation clustering : a multivariate correlated ARCH framework. Working Paper. University of Warwick: Warwick Business School Financial Econometrics Research Centre.

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Abstract

We present a new, full multivariate framework for modelling the evolution of conditional correlation between financial asset returns. Our approach assumes that a vector of asset returns is shocked by a vector innovation process the covariance matrix of which is timedependent. We then employ an appropriate Cholesky decomposition of the asset covariance matrix which, when transformed using a Spherical decomposition allows for the modelling of conditional variances and correlations. The resulting asset covariance matrix is guaranteed to be positive definite at each point in time. We follow Christodoulakis and Satchell (2001) in designing conditionally autoregressive stochastic processes for the correlation coefficients and present analytical results for their distribution properties. Our approach allows for explicit out-of-sample forecasting of conditional correlations and generates a number of observed stylised facts such as time-varying correlations, persistence and correlation clustering, co-movement between correlation coefficients, correlation and volatility as well as between volatility processes (co-volatility). We also study analytically the co-movement between the elements of the asset covariance matrix which are shown to depend on their persistence parameters. We provide empirical evidence on a trivariate model using monthly data from Dow Jones Industrial, Nasdaq Composite and the 3-month US Treasury Bill yield which supports our theoretical arguments.

Item Type: Working or Discussion Paper (Working Paper)
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HF Commerce
Q Science > QA Mathematics
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Financial Econometrics Research Centre
Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Assets (Accounting) -- Mathematical models, Correlation (Statistics), Econometrics
Publisher: Warwick Business School Financial Econometrics Research Centre
Place of Publication: University of Warwick
Official Date: May 2001
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May 2001Published
Volume: Vol.2001
Number: No.5
Status: Not Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version: Open Access

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