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- Title
Time-varying asymmetry and tail thickness in long series of daily financial returns.
- Authors
Mazur, Błażej; Pipień, Mateusz
- Abstract
We demonstrate that analysis of long series of daily returns should take into account potential long-term variation not only in volatility, but also in parameters that describe asymmetry or tail behaviour. However, it is necessary to use a conditional distribution that is flexible enough, allowing for separate modelling of tail asymmetry and skewness, which requires going beyond the skew-t form. Empirical analysis of 60 years of S&P500 daily returns suggests evidence for tail asymmetry (but not for skewness). Moreover, tail thickness and tail asymmetry is not time-invariant. Tail asymmetry became much stronger at the beginning of the Great Moderation period and weakened after 2005, indicating important differences between the 1987 and the 2008 crashes. This is confirmed by our analysis of out-of-sample density forecasting performance (using LPS and CRPS measures) within two recursive expanding-window experiments covering the events. We also demonstrate consequences of accounting for long-term changes in shape features for risk assessment.
- Subjects
MATHEMATICAL models of finance; MARKET volatility; GARCH model; FOURIER analysis; RISK assessment -- Mathematical models; STANDARD &; Poor's 500 Index
- Publication
Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics & Econometrics, 2018, Vol 22, Issue 5, pN.PAG
- ISSN
1081-1826
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/snde-2017-0071