A Class of Generalized Dynamic Correlation Models

This paper proposes a class of parametric correlation models that apply a two-layer autoregressive-moving-average structure to the dynamics of correlation matrices. The proposed model contains the Dynamic Conditional Correlation model of Engle (2002) and the Varying Correlation model of Tse and Tsui (2002) as special cases and offers greater flexibility in a parsimonious way. Performance of the proposed model is illustrated in a simulation exercise and an application to the U.S. stock indices.