Statistical Inadequacy of GARCH Models for Asian Stock Markets: Evidence and Implications

This study employs the Hinich portmanteau bicorrelation test (Hinich 1996; Hinich and Patterson 1995) as a diagnostic tool to determine the adequacy of Generalised Autoregressive Conditional Heteroscedasticity (GARCH) models for eight Asian stock markets. The bicorrelation test results demonstrate t...

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Main Authors: Lim, Kian-Ping, Hinich, M.J., Liew, Venus Khim-Sen
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Published: Sage Publications 2005
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description This study employs the Hinich portmanteau bicorrelation test (Hinich 1996; Hinich and Patterson 1995) as a diagnostic tool to determine the adequacy of Generalised Autoregressive Conditional Heteroscedasticity (GARCH) models for eight Asian stock markets. The bicorrelation test results demonstrate that this type of model cannot provide an adequate characterisation for the underlying process of all the selected Asian stock markets. Further investigation using the windowed test procedure reveals that the violation of the covariance stationarity assumption as required by the GARCH process is due to the presence of transient epochs of dependencies in the data. The inadequacy of GARCH models has strong implications for the pricing of stock index options, portfolios selection, development of optimal hedging techniques and risk management. JEL Classification: G120, C520 Keywords: GARCH, non-stationarity, data generating process, bicorrelation, Asian stock markets
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spelling unimas-186402017-11-17T08:22:58Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/18640/ Statistical Inadequacy of GARCH Models for Asian Stock Markets: Evidence and Implications Lim, Kian-Ping Hinich, M.J. Liew, Venus Khim-Sen HB Economic Theory This study employs the Hinich portmanteau bicorrelation test (Hinich 1996; Hinich and Patterson 1995) as a diagnostic tool to determine the adequacy of Generalised Autoregressive Conditional Heteroscedasticity (GARCH) models for eight Asian stock markets. The bicorrelation test results demonstrate that this type of model cannot provide an adequate characterisation for the underlying process of all the selected Asian stock markets. Further investigation using the windowed test procedure reveals that the violation of the covariance stationarity assumption as required by the GARCH process is due to the presence of transient epochs of dependencies in the data. The inadequacy of GARCH models has strong implications for the pricing of stock index options, portfolios selection, development of optimal hedging techniques and risk management. JEL Classification: G120, C520 Keywords: GARCH, non-stationarity, data generating process, bicorrelation, Asian stock markets Sage Publications 2005 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/18640/2/Statistical%20Inadequacy%20of%20GARCH%20Models%20%28abstract%29.pdf Lim, Kian-Ping and Hinich, M.J. and Liew, Venus Khim-Sen (2005) Statistical Inadequacy of GARCH Models for Asian Stock Markets: Evidence and Implications. Journal Of Emerging Market Finance, 4 (3). pp. 1-17. ISSN 09726527 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/097265270500400303?journalCode=emfa 10.1177/097265270500400303
spellingShingle HB Economic Theory
Lim, Kian-Ping
Hinich, M.J.
Liew, Venus Khim-Sen
Statistical Inadequacy of GARCH Models for Asian Stock Markets: Evidence and Implications
title Statistical Inadequacy of GARCH Models for Asian Stock Markets: Evidence and Implications
title_full Statistical Inadequacy of GARCH Models for Asian Stock Markets: Evidence and Implications
title_fullStr Statistical Inadequacy of GARCH Models for Asian Stock Markets: Evidence and Implications
title_full_unstemmed Statistical Inadequacy of GARCH Models for Asian Stock Markets: Evidence and Implications
title_short Statistical Inadequacy of GARCH Models for Asian Stock Markets: Evidence and Implications
title_sort statistical inadequacy of garch models for asian stock markets: evidence and implications
topic HB Economic Theory
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http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/18640/2/Statistical%20Inadequacy%20of%20GARCH%20Models%20%28abstract%29.pdf