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The Distribution of Exchange Rate Volatility / Torben Andersen, Tim Bollerslev, Francis X. Diebold, Paul Labys.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Andersen, Torben.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w6961.
- NBER working paper series no. w6961
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Foreign exchange rates--Econometric models.
- Foreign exchange rates.
- Liquidity (Economics).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 1999.
- Cambridge, Mass. : National Bureau of Economic Research, 1999.
- Summary:
- Using high-frequency data on Deutschemark and Yen returns against the dollar, we construct model-free estimates of daily exchange rate volatility and correlation, covering an entire decade. In addition to being model-free, our estimates are also approximately free of measurement error under general conditions, which we delineate. Hence, for all practical purposes, we can treat the exchange rate volatilities and correlations as observed rather than latent. We do so, and we characterize their joint distribution, both unconditionally and conditionally. Noteworthy results include a simple normality-inducing volatility transformation, high contemporaneous correlation across volatilities, high correlation between correlation and volatilities, pronounced and highly persistent temporal variation in both volatilities and correlation, clear evidence of long-memory dynamics in both volatilities and correlation remarkably precise scaling laws under temporal aggregation.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- February 1999.
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