Corsi, Fulvio; Pirino, Davide; Reno, Roberto - Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University - 2009
This study reconsiders the role of jumps for volatility forecasting by showing that jumps have a positive and mostly … estimator provides less biased and robust estimates of the continuous quadratic variation and jumps. This technique also … accuracy of volatility forecasts for the S&P500 index, single stocks and US bond yields, especially in periods following the …