g13faf estimates the parameters of either a standard univariate regression GARCH process, or a univariate regression-type I process (see Engle and Ng (1993)).
The routine may be called by the names g13faf or nagf_tsa_uni_garch_asym1_estim.
3Description
A univariate regression-type I process, with coefficients , for , coefficients , for , and linear regression coefficients , for , can be represented by:
(1)
(2)
where or . Here is a standardized Student's -distribution with degrees of freedom and variance , is the number of terms in the sequence, denotes the endogenous variables, the exogenous variables, the regression mean, the regression coefficients, the residuals, the conditional variance, the number of degrees of freedom of the Student's -distribution, and the set of all information up to time .
g13faf provides an estimate for , the parameter vector where , when and when .
isym, mn and nreg can be used to simplify the expression in (1) as follows:
No Regression and No Mean
,
,
,
and
is a
vector when and a vector when .
No Regression
,
,
,
and
is a
vector when and a vector when .
Note: if the , where is known (not to be estimated by g13faf) then (1) can be written as , where . This corresponds to the case No Regression and No Mean, with replaced by .
No Mean
,
,
,
and
is a
vector when and a vector when .
4References
Bollerslev T (1986) Generalised autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity Journal of Econometrics31 307–327
Engle R (1982) Autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity with estimates of the variance of United Kingdom inflation Econometrica50 987–1008
Engle R and Ng V (1993) Measuring and testing the impact of news on volatility Journal of Finance48 1749–1777
Hamilton J (1994) Time Series Analysis Princeton University Press
5Arguments
1: – Character(1)Input
On entry: the type of distribution to use for .
A Normal distribution is used.
A Student's -distribution is used.
Constraint:
or .
2: – Real (Kind=nag_wp) arrayInput
On entry: the sequence of observations,
, for .
3: – Real (Kind=nag_wp) arrayInput
Note: the second dimension of the array x
must be at least
.
On entry: row
of x must contain the time dependent exogenous vector , where , for .
4: – IntegerInput
On entry: the first dimension of the array x as declared in the (sub)program from which g13faf is called.
If , the next element contains the estimate for the asymmetry parameter .
If , the next element contains an estimate for , the number of degrees of freedom of the Student's -distribution.
If , the next element contains an estimate for the mean term .
The final nreg elements are the estimated linear regression coefficients
, for .
13: – Real (Kind=nag_wp) arrayOutput
On exit: the standard errors for .
The first element contains the standard error for . The next iq elements contain the standard errors for
, for . The next ip elements are the standard errors for
, for .
If , the next element contains the standard error for .
If , the next element contains the standard error for , the number of degrees of freedom of the Student's -distribution.
If , the next element contains the standard error for .
The final nreg elements are the standard errors for
, for .
14: – Real (Kind=nag_wp) arrayOutput
On exit: the scores for .
The first element contains the score for .
The next iq elements contain the score for
, for .
If , the next element contains the score for , the number of degrees of freedom of the Student's -distribution.
If , the next element contains the score for .
The final nreg elements are the scores for
, for .
15: – Real (Kind=nag_wp) arrayOutput
On exit: the covariance matrix of the parameter estimates , that is the inverse of the Fisher Information Matrix.
16: – IntegerInput
On entry: the first dimension of the array covr as declared in the (sub)program from which g13faf is called.
Constraint:
.
17: – Real (Kind=nag_wp)Input/Output
On entry: if , pht is the value to be used for the pre-observed conditional variance; otherwise pht is not referenced.
On exit: if , pht is the estimated value of the pre-observed conditional variance.
18: – Real (Kind=nag_wp) arrayOutput
On exit: the estimated residuals,
, for .
19: – Real (Kind=nag_wp) arrayOutput
On exit: the estimated conditional variances,
, for .
20: – Real (Kind=nag_wp)Output
On exit: the value of the log-likelihood function at .
21: – Logical arrayInput
On entry: the options to be used by g13faf.
Stationary conditions are enforced, otherwise they are not.
The routine provides initial parameter estimates of the regression terms, otherwise these are to be provided by you.
22: – IntegerInput
On entry: the maximum number of iterations to be used by the optimization routine when estimating the parameters. If maxit is set to , the standard errors, score vector and variance-covariance are calculated for the input value of in theta when ; however the value of is not updated.
Constraint:
.
23: – Real (Kind=nag_wp)Input
On entry: the tolerance to be used by the optimization routine when estimating the parameters.
24: – Real (Kind=nag_wp) arrayWorkspace
25: – IntegerInput
On entry: the dimension of the array work as declared in the (sub)program from which g13faf is called.
Constraint:
.
26: – IntegerInput/Output
On entry: ifail must be set to , or to set behaviour on detection of an error; these values have no effect when no error is detected.
A value of causes the printing of an error message and program execution will be halted; otherwise program execution continues. A value of means that an error message is printed while a value of means that it is not.
If halting is not appropriate, the value or is recommended. If message printing is undesirable, then the value is recommended. Otherwise, the value is recommended since useful values can be provided in some output arguments even when on exit. When the value or is used it is essential to test the value of ifail on exit.
On exit: unless the routine detects an error or a warning has been flagged (see Section 6).
6Error Indicators and Warnings
If on entry or , explanatory error messages are output on the current error message unit (as defined by x04aaf).
Errors or warnings detected by the routine:
Note: in some cases g13faf may return useful information.
On entry, .
Constraint: or .
On entry, .
Constraint: .
On entry, .
Constraint: .
On entry, .
Constraint: or .
On entry, .
Constraint: .
On entry, .
Constraint: .
On entry, .
Constraint: .
On entry, .
Constraint: or .
On entry, . Constraint: if then , else .
On entry, .
Constraint: .
On entry, .
Constraint: .
On entry, .
Constraint: .
On entry, .
Constraint: .
On entry, .
Constraint: .
On entry, the matrix is not full rank.
The information matrix is not positive definite.
The maximum number of iterations has been reached.
The log-likelihood cannot be optimized any further.
No feasible model parameters could be found.
An unexpected error has been triggered by this routine. Please
contact NAG.
See Section 7 in the Introduction to the NAG Library FL Interface for further information.
Your licence key may have expired or may not have been installed correctly.
See Section 8 in the Introduction to the NAG Library FL Interface for further information.
Dynamic memory allocation failed.
See Section 9 in the Introduction to the NAG Library FL Interface for further information.
7Accuracy
Not applicable.
8Parallelism and Performance
g13faf is threaded by NAG for parallel execution in multithreaded implementations of the NAG Library.
g13faf makes calls to BLAS and/or LAPACK routines, which may be threaded within the vendor library used by this implementation. Consult the documentation for the vendor library for further information.
Please consult the X06 Chapter Introduction for information on how to control and interrogate the OpenMP environment used within this routine. Please also consult the Users' Note for your implementation for any additional implementation-specific information.
9Further Comments
None.
10Example
This example fits a model with Student's -distributed residuals to some simulated data.
The process parameter estimates, , are obtained using g13faf, and a four step ahead volatility estimate is computed using g13fbf.