Bayesian Estimation of the Multi-Factor Heston Stochastic Volatility Model

Fruhwirth-Schnatter, Sylvia; Sögner, Leopold

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1070823

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Bayesian Estimation of the Multi-Factor Heston Stochastic Volatility Model

37 Pages Posted: 13 Dec 2007 Last revised: 15 Oct 2008

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Sylvia Fruhwirth-Schnatter

Johannes Kepler University - Department of Applied Statistics and Econometrics

Leopold Sögner

Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS); Vienna Graduate School of Finance (VGSF)

Date Written: October 8, 2008

Abstract

The goal of this article is an exact Bayesian analysis of the Heston (1993) stochastic volatility model. We carefully study the effect different parameterizations of the latent volatility process and the parameters of the volatility process have on the convergence and the mixing behavior of the sampler. We apply the sampler to simulated data and to some DM/US$ exchange rate data.

Keywords: Heston model, MCMC, parameterization, stochastic volatility

JEL Classification: C11, C15

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Fruhwirth-Schnatter, Sylvia and Sögner, Leopold, Bayesian Estimation of the Multi-Factor Heston Stochastic Volatility Model (October 8, 2008). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1070823 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1070823