Financial Time Series and High Frequency Econometrics 

Perugia, 3 - 7 July 2023 

 

Coordinators:

Alessandra Amendola and Giuseppe Storti
University of Salerno
Department of Economics and Statistics
Via Giovanni Paolo II, 132
84084 Fisciano (SA)
e-mail: alamendola@unisa.it , storti@unisa.it

 

Lecturers

Alessandra Amendola, University of Salerno
Vincenzo Candila, University of Salerno
Massimiliano Caporin, University of Padua
Walter Distaso, Imperial College London and University of Messina
Giovanni Bonaccolto, Università di Enna KORE

 

The maximum number of allowed participants in presence is 25.

 

Requirements

Intermediate knowledge of statistical inference and econometrics.

 

Course outline:

Models for daily returns (based on EOD information):

- Modelling and forecasting the conditional mean of returns (level): ARMA and ARIMA models;

- Modelling and forecasting conditional variance of returns (volatility): GARCH models and their variants;

- Modelling and forecasting conditional covariances and correlations: Multivariate GARCH models.

High frequency econometrics:

- Features of intra-daily data;

- Volatility estimation with Jumps and microstructure noise;

- Volatility modeling and forecasting using high frequency data;

- GARCH type models using realized information (Realized GARCH, HEAVY);

- Dynamic models for realized measures (HAR, MEM);

- Localized (high frequency) regressions;

- Realized covariances and correlations: estimation challenges and dynamic models.

Portfolio construction and optimization:

- Predicting time-varying expected returns; the problem of persistent regressors;

- Estimating and predicting covariance matrices;

- Factor models: linear observable factors specification and estimation;

- Estimating risk premia in cross-section, Fama-McBeth regressions;

- Portfolio optimization.

Risk management:

- Backtesting and Evaluation of volatility forecast;

- Risk measures: VaR, Expected Shortfall; parametric and semiparametric approaches; conditional quantiles and expectiles.

 

Reference textbooks and suggested readings:

Aït-Sahalia Y., Jacod J. (2014) High-frequency Financial Econometrics, Princeton University Press.

Bauwens L., Hafner C., Laurent S. (2012) Handbook of Volatility Models and Their Applications, Wiley.

Christoffersen P. (2016) Elements of Financial Risk Management, Academic Press.

Francq C., Zakoian J.M. (2010) GARCH Models: Structure, Statistical Inference and Financial Applications, Wiley.

Hautsch N. (2012) Econometrics of Financial High-Frequency Data, Springer.

Linton O. (2019) Financial Econometrics: Models and Methods, Cambridge University Press.

Turan G. Bali, Robert F. Engle, Scott Murray (2016) Empirical Asset Pricing: The Cross Section of Stock Returns, Wiley.

 

Handouts, further readings and material will be provided before the beginning of the course and during the lectures.

 

Tutorials and Software

Theoretical lectures are associated with working sessions; during them you will receive the suggestions needed to use an econometric software and to run your own empirical analysis. Data-sets and programming files to make applied  econometrics will be provided during the lectures.

For the practical tutorials and applications participants will use the softwares R and Matlab, which will have to be installed on their own laptops.

 

Venue and Timetable

Each Module requires a full-time attendance and participation is not compatible with other jobs at the same time (e.g. preparation of other exams). The course will last one week and will be held in the  Bank of Italy's Scuola di Automazione per Dirigenti Bancari (S.A.Di.Ba.), via San Marco n.54, Perugia. Participants will be accommodated at S.A.Di.Ba.. (in case of reduced availability of rooms in the Centre, they will be accommodated in local hotels).

Participants will be hosted in the Centre guest quarters, (as an exception, in case of reduced availability of rooms in the Centre, they will be accommodated in local hotels).

Lectures and tutorials will be in English, with the following schedule:

Monday to Thursday: lectures 9:00-13:00, 14:30-16:30; Tutorials and individual hands-on sessions: 16:30-18:30.
Friday: lectures 9:00-13:30.

 

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