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Semiparametric Time Series Models with Log-concave Innovations: Maximum Likelihood Estimation and its Consistency

Methodology 2018-01-30 v4

Abstract

We study semiparametric time series models with innovations following a log-concave distribution. We propose a general maximum likelihood framework which allows us to estimate simultaneously the parameters of the model and the density of the innovations. This framework can be easily adapted to many well-known models, including ARMA, GARCH and ARMA-GARCH. Furthermore, we show that the estimator under our new framework is consistent in both ARMA and ARMA-GARCH settings. We demonstrate its finite sample performance via a thorough simulation study and apply it to model the daily log-return of FTSE 100 index and the rabbit population.

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@article{arxiv.1111.6291,
  title  = {Semiparametric Time Series Models with Log-concave Innovations: Maximum Likelihood Estimation and its Consistency},
  author = {Yining Chen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1111.6291},
  year   = {2018}
}

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38 pages, 4 figures

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