Selecting from amongst non–nested conditional variance models: information criteria and portfolio determination

Brooks, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2668-1153 and Burke, S. (2002) Selecting from amongst non–nested conditional variance models: information criteria and portfolio determination. The Manchester School, 70 (6). pp. 747-767. ISSN 1467-9957 doi: 10.1111/1467-9957.00323

Abstract/Summary

We consider the finite sample properties of model selection by information criteria in conditionally heteroscedastic models. Recent theoretical results show that certain popular criteria are consistent in that they will select the true model asymptotically with probability 1. To examine the empirical relevance of this property, Monte Carlo simulations are conducted for a set of non–nested data generating processes (DGPs) with the set of candidate models consisting of all types of model used as DGPs. In addition, not only is the best model considered but also those with similar values of the information criterion, called close competitors, thus forming a portfolio of eligible models. To supplement the simulations, the criteria are applied to a set of economic and financial series. In the simulations, the criteria are largely ineffective at identifying the correct model, either as best or a close competitor, the parsimonious GARCH(1, 1) model being preferred for most DGPs. In contrast, asymmetric models are generally selected to represent actual data. This leads to the conjecture that the properties of parameterizations of processes commonly used to model heteroscedastic data are more similar than may be imagined and that more attention needs to be paid to the behaviour of the standardized disturbances of such models, both in simulation exercises and in empirical modelling.

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Divisions	Arts, Humanities and Social Science > School of Politics, Economics and International Relations > Economics Henley Business School > Finance and Accounting
Publisher	Blackwell
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