Vector Multiplicative Error Models:Representation and Inference

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Fabrizio Cipollini

Universita di Firenze, DiSIA (Dipartimento di Statistica, Informatica, Applicazioni)

Robert F. Engle

New York University (NYU) - Department of Finance; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); New York University (NYU) - Volatility and Risk Institute

Giampiero M. Gallo

Corte dei Conti - Italian Court of Audits; University of Bologna - Rimini Center for Economic Analysis (RCEA); CRENoS

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Date Written: October 2006

Abstract

The Multiplicative Error Model introduced by Engle (2002) for positive valued processes is specified as the product of a (conditionally autoregressive) scale factor and an innovation process with positive support. In this paper we propose a multivariate extension of such a model, by taking into consideration the possibility that thevector innovation process be on temporaneously correlated. The estimation procedure is hindered by the lack of probability density functions for multivariate positive valued random variables. We suggest the use of copula functions and of estimating equations to jointly estimate the parameters of the scale factors and of the correlations of the innovation processes. Empirical applications on volatility indicators are used to illustrate the gains over the equation by equation procedure.

Suggested Citation

Cipollini, Fabrizio and Engle, Robert F. and Gallo, Giampiero M., Vector Multiplicative Error Models:Representation and Inference (October 2006). NYU Working Paper No. FIN-07-048, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1293631

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