Statistical inference for time-varying ARCH processes

The Annals of Statistics · 2006 · Volume 34 · Issue 3

Abstract

In this paper the class of ARCH(∞) models is generalized to the nonstationary class of ARCH(∞) models with time-varying coefficients. For fixed time points, a stationary approximation is given leading to the notation “locally stationary ARCH(∞) process.” The asymptotic properties of weighted quasi-likelihood estimators of time-varying ARCH(p) processes (p<∞) are studied, including asymptotic normality. In particular, the extra bias due to nonstationarity of the process is investigated. Moreover, a Taylor expansion of the nonstationary ARCH process in terms of stationary processes is given and it is proved that the time-varying ARCH process can be written as a time-varying Volterra series.

Keywords

62F10, 62M10, Derivative process, Locally stationary, quasi-likelihood estimates, time-varying ARCH process

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