Doug Steigerwald
Department of Economics, University of California

Econometrics Workshops

Range-Based Estimation of Volatility

August 2, 2000


Workshop Summary

Schedule

Presenter Paper Time
Doug Steigerwald The Extreme Value Method for Estimating the Variance of the Rate of Return
M. Parkinson
Journal of Business 53 (1980)
On the Estimation of Security Price Volatilities from Historical Data
M. Garman and M. Klass
Journal of Business 53 (1980)
Variance of Security Price Returns Based on High, Low and Closing Prices
S. Beckers
Journal of Business 56 (1983)
Estimating Variance from High, Low and Closing Prices
L. Rogers and S. Satchell
Annals of Applied Probability 1 (1991)
9:30 - 10:00
Dylan D'Souza ML Estimation of Security Price Volatility: Theory, Evidence and Application to Option Pricing
C. Ball and W. Torous
Journal of Business 57 (1984)
10:30 - 11:05
Fernando Lozano Answering the Skeptics: Yes, Standard Volatility Models do Provide Accurate Forecasts
T. Andersen and T. Bollerslev
International Economic Review 39 (1998)
11:05 - 11:40
John Owens Range-Based Estimation of Stochastic Volatility Models
S. Alizadeh, M. Brandt and F. Diebold
manuscript (2000)
11:40 - 12:15

Attendees: Yesim Tokat, Richard Vagnoni


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