Creel, Michael; Kristensen, Dennis - School of Economics and Management, University of Aarhus - 2014
We develop novel methods for estimation and filtering of continuous-time models with stochastic volatility and jumps …. We show how the methods can incorporate intra-daily information to improve on the estimation and filtering. In particular … employed in the estimation of a flexible stochastic volatility model for the dynamics of the S&P 500 equity index. We find …