In this paper, we review the most common specifications of discrete-time stochastic volatility (SV) models and … indices and foreign exchange rates. -- Stochastic volatility ; Markov chain Monte Carlo ; Metropolis-Hastings algorithm Jump …

-frequency volatility estimators, market risk evaluation, covariance estimation and multivariate extensions of the processes. The book … and continues to be engaged in research on many topics in finance. His primary areas of interest are volatility, ARCH …

The topic of volatility measurement and estimation is central to financial and more generally time series econometrics …. In this paper, we begin by surveying models of volatility, both discrete and continuous, and then we summarize some … developments in volatility models, with focus on time varying and stochastic volatility as well as nonparametric volatility …

Volatility has been one of the most active and successful areas of research in time series econometrics and economic … empirical insights to emerge from this burgeoning literature, with a distinct focus on forecasting applications. Volatility is … inherently latent, and Section 1 begins with a brief intuitive account of various key volatility concepts. Section 2 then …