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...

Using density forecasts, we compare the predictive performance of duration models that have been developed for modelling intra-day data on stock markets. The compared models are the autoregressive conditional duration (ACD) models, their logarithmic versions, in each case with three...