The Forecasting Ability of GARCH Models for the 2003–07 Crisis: Evidence from S&P500 Index Volatility

This article studies the ability of the GARCH family of models to accurately forecast the volatility of S&P500 stock index returns across the financial crisis that affected markets in 2003–07. We find the GJR-GARCH (1,1) model to be superior in its ability to forecast the volatility of the init...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mahreen Mahmud
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Lahore School of Economics 2012-06-01
Series:The Lahore Journal of Business
Subjects:
Online Access:https://journals.lahoreschool.edu.pk/LJB/LJB/article/view/3
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!