We analyse the volatility structure of Asian currencies against the U.S. dollar (USD) for the Thai Baht THB, the … volatility dynamics have changed in a K-state switching AR(1)-GARCH(1,1) model in the last decade 1995-2008 covering the Asian … crisis. We estimate the model of Haas et al. (2003) with MCMC and we find that for the four currencies the volatility …

methods. The effects ofseveral modelcharacteristics (unit roots, GARCH, stochastic volatility, heavy taileddisturbance …

), its volatility as well as the asymmetric effects, for the period of 12th May 2009 to 12th June, 2015. The empirical …-of-theweek effect is influenced by the choice of the volatility model applied. Similarly, the highest or lowest volatility market day …

-a-vis four other currencies. The impact of exogenous variables in modelling volatility is considered using both the GARCH (1 … indicate that the majority of the parameters are significant and that volatility is quite persistent. Furthermore, the results …

discrete processes can be identified as different volatility regimes. Secondly, the parameters can be easily interpreted as … different hedging components. Our formulation also provides an avenue to analyze the contribution of the volatility dynamics and …