The class of generalized autoregressive conditional heteroscedastic (GARCH) models has proved particularly valuable in modelling time series with time varying volatility. These include financial data, which can be particularly heavy tailed. It is well understood now that the tail heaviness of...

Hall & Yao (2003) showed that, for ARCH/GARCH, i.e. autoregressive conditional heteroscedastic/generalised autoregressive conditional heteroscedastic, models with heavy‐tailed errors, the conventional maximum quasilikelihood estimator suffers from complex limit distributions and slow...

This chapter reviews recent advances in nonparametric and semiparametric estimation, with an emphasis on applicability to empirical research and on resolving issues that arise in implementation. It considers techniques for estimating densities, conditional mean functions, derivatives of...

Nawata [8–10] proposed a new estimator for the standard regression, censored regression, and binary choice models, based on grouping of observations. This paper shows that Nawata's grouping method can be generalised to various types of estimation problems and represents a new class of...