A Component Model for Dynamic Correlations

51 Pages Posted: 9 Mar 2009 Last revised: 15 Nov 2013

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Ric Colacito

University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School; NBER

Robert F. Engle

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

Eric Ghysels

University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School; University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Department of Economics

Date Written: February 1, 2009

Abstract

The idea of component models for volatility is extended to dynamic correlations. We propose a model of dynamic correlations with a short- and long-run component specification. We call this class of models DCC-MIDAS as the key ingredients are a combination of the Engle (2002) DCC model, the Engle and Lee (1999) component GARCH model to replace the original DCC dynamics with a component specification and the Engle, Ghysels, and Sohn (2006) GARCH-MIDAS component specification that allows us to extract a long-run correlation component via mixed data sampling. We provide a comprehensive econometric analysis of the new class of models, including conditions for positive semi-definiteness, and provide extensive empirical evidence that supports the model specification.

Suggested Citation

Colacito, Riccardo and Engle, Robert F. and Ghysels, Eric, A Component Model for Dynamic Correlations (February 1, 2009). Journal of Econometrics, Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1354526

Riccardo Colacito

University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School ( email )

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Robert F. Engle (Contact Author)

New York University (NYU) - Department of Finance ( email )

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Eric Ghysels

University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School ( email )

Kenan-Flagler Business School
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United States

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