Scandinavian Working Papers in Business Administration

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Örebro University, School of Business

No 2023:7: Bayesian Predictive Distributions of Oil Returns Using Mixed Data Sampling Volatility Models

Audrone Virbickaite (), Hoang Nguyen () and Minh-Ngoc Tran ()
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Audrone Virbickaite: CUNEF Universidad, Postal: Campus Pirineos, Calle Pirineos, 55, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Hoang Nguyen: Örebro University School of Business, Postal: Örebro University, School of Business, SE - 701 82 ÖREBRO, Sweden
Minh-Ngoc Tran: Discipline of Business Analytics, The University of Sydney Business School, Postal: H70 - Abercrombie Building, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006 Australia

Abstract: This study explores the benefits of incorporating fat-tailed innovations, asymmetric volatility response, and an extended information set into crude oil return modeling and forecasting. To this end, we utilize standard volatility models such as Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedastic (GARCH), Generalized Autoregressive Score (GAS), and Stochastic Volatility (SV), along with Mixed Data Sampling (MIDAS) regressions, which enable us to incorporate the impacts of relevant financial/macroeconomic news into asset price movements. For inference and prediction, we employ an innovative Bayesian estimation approach called the density-tempered sequential Monte Carlo method. Our findings indicate that the inclusion of exogenous variables is beneficial for GARCH-type models while offering only a marginal improvement for GAS and SV-type models. Notably, GAS-family models exhibit superior performance in terms of in-sample fit, out-of-sample forecast accuracy, as well as Value-at-Risk and Expected Shortfall prediction.

Keywords: ES; GARCH; GAS; log marginal likelihood; MIDAS; SV; VaR

JEL-codes: C22; C52; C58; G32

Language: English

35 pages, April 14, 2023

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