This paper introduces the logarithmic autoregressive conditional duration (Log-ACD) model and compares it with the ACD model of Engle and Russell [1998]. The logarithmic version allows to introduce in the model additional variables without sign restrictions on their coefficients. We apply the...

We provide existence conditions and analytical expressions of the moments of logarithmic autoregressive conditional duration (Log-ACD) models. We focus on the dispersion index and the autocorrelation function and compare them with those of ACD (Engle and Russell 1998) and SCD models. Using...

This paper introduces the logarithmic autoregressive conditional duration model (Log-ACD model). The logarithmic version allows for more flexibility than the ACD model of Engle and Russel (1995), when additional variables are included in the model. We apply the Log-ACD model to bid/ask prices...

This paper reviews the application of Gibbs sampling to a cointegrated VAR system. Aggregate imports and import prices for Belgium are modelled using two cointegrating relations. Gibbs sampling techniques are used to estimate from a Bayesian perspective the cointegrating relations and their...

This paper proposes a class of asymmetric Autoregressive Conditional Duration models, which extends the ACD model of Engle and Russell (1997). The asymmetry consists of letting the duration process depend on the state of the price process in the beginning and at the end of each duration. If the...

This paper deals with the impact of nine categories of scheduled and unscheduled news announcements on the Euro/Dollar return volatility. We highlight and analyze the pre-announcement, contemporaneous and postannouncement reactions. Using high-frequency intraday data and within the framework of...