Volatility estimation for Bitcoin: A comparison of GARCH models

被引:616
作者
Katsiampa, Paraskevi [1 ]
机构
[1] Sheffield Hallam Univ, Sheffield Business Sch, Sheffield S1 1WB, S Yorkshire, England
关键词
Bitcoin; Cryptocurrency; GARCH; Volatility;
D O I
10.1016/j.econlet.2017.06.023
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
We explore the optimal conditional heteroskedasticity model with regards to goodness-of-fit to Bitcoin price data. It is found that the best model is the AR-CGARCH model, highlighting the significance of including both a short-run and a long-run component of the conditional variance. Crown Copyright (C) 2017 Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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