Fryzlewicz, Piotr; Sapatinas, Theofanis; Rao, Suhasini Subba - In: Biometrika 93 (2006) 3, pp. 687-704
We consider a locally stationary model for financial log-returns whereby the returns are independent and the volatility is a piecewise-constant function with jumps of an unknown number and locations, defined on a compact interval to enable a meaningful estimation theory. We demonstrate that the...