Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/45359 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
Discussion Papers in Statistics and Econometrics No. 7/10
Publisher: 
University of Cologne, Seminar of Economic and Social Statistics, Cologne
Abstract: 
It is well known that the correlation between financial series varies over time. Here, the forecasting performance of different time-varying correlation models is compared for cross-country correlations of weekly G5 and daily European stock market indices. In contrast to previous studies only the correlation and not the entire covariance matrix is forecasted and multi-step forecasts are considered. The forecast comparison is done by considering statistical and economic criteria. The results suggest that under a statistical criterion time-varying correlation models perform quite well for weekly data, but cannot outperform the constant correlation model for daily data. Considering economic criteria it is hard to beat a constant correlation model.
Subjects: 
dynamic conditional correlation
regime switching
stochastic correlation
smooth correlations
indirect model comparison
portfolio construction
JEL: 
C53
G17
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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