Volatility dynamics of the US business cycle: A multivariate asymmetric GARCH approach
Document Type
Journal Article
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Faculty
Faculty of Business and Law
School
School of Accounting, Finance and Economics
RAS ID
8213
Abstract
Most empirical investigations of the business cycles in the United States have excluded the dimension of asymmetric conditional volatility. This paper analyses the volatility dynamics of the US business cycle by comparing the performance of various multivariate generalised autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity (GARCH) models. In particular, we propose two bivariate GARCH models to examine the evidence of volatility asymmetry and time-varying correlations concurrently, and then apply the proposed models to five sectors of Industrial Production of the United States. Our findings provide strong evidence of asymmetric conditional volatility in all sectors, and some support of time-varying correlations in various sectoral pairs. This has important policy implications for government to consider the effective countercyclical measures during recessions.
DOI
10.1016/j.matcom.2008.08.015
Comments
Ho, K. Y., Tsui, A. K., & Zhang, Z. (2009). Volatility dynamics of the US business cycle: A multivariate asymmetric GARCH approach. Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, 79(9), 2856-2868. Available here