Purpose – The aim is to evaluate the performance of symmetric and asymmetric ARCH models in forecasting both the one‐day‐ahead Value‐at‐Risk (VaR) and the realized intra‐day volatility of two equity indices in the Athens Stock Exchange. Design/methodology/approach – Two volatility...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to focus on the performance of three alternative value‐at‐risk (VaR) models to provide suitable estimates for measuring and forecasting market risk. The data sample consists of five international developed and emerging stock market indices over the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to focus on the performance of three alternative value-at-risk (VaR) models to provide suitable estimates for measuring and forecasting market risk. The data sample consists of five international developed and emerging stock market indices over the time...

Purpose - The aim is to evaluate the performance of symmetric and asymmetric ARCH models in forecasting both the one-day-ahead Value-at-Risk (VaR) and the realized intra-day volatility of two equity indices in the Athens Stock Exchange. Design/methodology/approach - Two volatility specifications...