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58<br />

with<br />

AtðLÞ ¼<br />

0<br />

B<br />

@<br />

1<br />

ð ÞAabðLÞAaB;tðLÞAaS;tðLÞ ð ÞAbbðLÞAbB;tðLÞAbS;tðLÞ C<br />

ð ÞABbðLÞABB;tðLÞABS;tðLÞA ð ÞASbðLÞASB;tðLÞASS;tðLÞ :<br />

Aaa L<br />

Aba L<br />

ABa L<br />

ASa L<br />

This model echoes the ma<strong>in</strong> features <strong>of</strong> the structural model <strong>in</strong> the previous<br />

subsection. First, the bid–ask spread s t=a−b t is the error correction term. Second, the<br />

matrix on the left-hand side <strong>of</strong> Eq. (3.7) reflects that the theoretical model is tradedriven.<br />

Thus, trades have a contemporaneous effect on ask and bid quotes. The<br />

reverse, however, is not true. Third, the matrix <strong>of</strong> autoregressive polynomials A t (L)<br />

depicts the dynamical structure <strong>of</strong> the theoretical model. Moreover, A ij (L), for all i,<br />

j2{a,b,B,S}, has its roots outside the unit circle. Thus, the <strong>in</strong>fluence <strong>of</strong> past quotes<br />

and trades decays with time. F<strong>in</strong>ally, the polynomials A ij,t(L) are time-vary<strong>in</strong>g<br />

because they depend on a set <strong>of</strong> exogenous variables (MC t) and trad<strong>in</strong>g-time<br />

dummies (D t). The follow<strong>in</strong>g expression makes explicit the type <strong>of</strong> dependence,<br />

Aij;t L<br />

ð Þxt1 ¼ A B ij L<br />

B<br />

ð Þf ð Þx B t 1 þ ASij L<br />

S<br />

ð Þf ð Þx S<br />

ij MCt 1; Dt 1<br />

A. Escribano and R. Pascual<br />

ij MCt 1; Dt 1<br />

B S<br />

The polynomials Aij,t(L) and Aij,t (L) have all the roots outside the unit circle.<br />

F<strong>in</strong>ally, Aij,t *=−Aij,t(0). A salient feature <strong>of</strong> the VEC model Eq. (3.7) is the extra lags <strong>in</strong> the error<br />

correction term. This type <strong>of</strong> specification is called an extended vector error<br />

correction (EVEC) model. Arranz and Escribano (2000) show that extended<br />

error correction models are robust to the presence <strong>of</strong> structural breaks under<br />

partial co-break<strong>in</strong>g. Co-breaks represent those situations characterized by hav<strong>in</strong>g<br />

breaks (level shifts, changes <strong>in</strong> trend etc.) occurr<strong>in</strong>g simultaneously <strong>in</strong> some<br />

variables, so that certa<strong>in</strong> l<strong>in</strong>ear comb<strong>in</strong>ations <strong>of</strong> those variables have no breaks.<br />

The common lung-run trend jo<strong>in</strong>tly with their discrete type <strong>of</strong> moves makes at<br />

and bt the perfect example <strong>of</strong> co-<strong>in</strong>tegrated time series that are partially cobreak<strong>in</strong>g.<br />

Thus, this property <strong>of</strong> the model is consistent with the properties <strong>of</strong><br />

EC<br />

the time series <strong>of</strong> ask and bid prices. The error correction terms γa (L)st−1 and<br />

EC EC EC<br />

γb (L)st−1 should be such that γa (1)−γb (1)

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