Though the econometrics literature on this area is extensive, in Peru few studies have been dedicated to the analysis of Önancial returns in general and volatility in particular. As part of an empirical research agenda suggested by Humala and RodrÌguez (2013), this paper represents one of the...

Empirical research indicates that the volatility of stock return time series have long memory. However, it has been demonstrated that short memory processes contaminated with random level shifts can often be confused as being long memory. Often this feature is referred to as spurious long...

The literature has shown that the volatility of Stock and Forex rate market returns shows the characteristic of long memory. Another fact that is shown in the literature is that this feature may be spurious and volatility actually consists of a short memory process contaminated with random level...