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Applications of state space models in finance

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Used abbreviations and symbols xxv<br />

y t<br />

multivariate time series vector <strong>of</strong> observations<br />

y stacked vector <strong>of</strong> observations with y = (y ′ 1, . . . , y ′ T )′<br />

¯y T +l<br />

m<strong>in</strong>imum MSE forecast <strong>of</strong> yT +l given y<br />

yt<br />

time series <strong>of</strong> observations<br />

¯y unconditional mean <strong>of</strong> yt<br />

y∗ t<br />

mean-corrected univariate time series<br />

zt<br />

IID process with mean zero and variance unity<br />

system matrix <strong>in</strong> observation equation<br />

Zt<br />

Mathematical symbols<br />

Corr(X, Y ) correlation between X and Y<br />

Cov(X, Y ) covariance between X and Y<br />

diag(·) diagonal matrix operator<br />

exp(x) the number e raised to the x power<br />

F (·) empirical cumulative distribution function<br />

E(X) expectation <strong>of</strong> X<br />

f(·) probability density function<br />

g gradient vector<br />

g(·) conditional Gaussian density function<br />

⊙ Hadamard product (element-by-element multiplication)<br />

H Hessian matrix<br />

∞ <strong>in</strong>f<strong>in</strong>ity<br />

In<br />

n-dimensional identity matrix<br />

I(·) <strong>in</strong>dicator function<br />

L(·) likelihood function;<br />

lag operator with L(xt) := xt−1<br />

Lc(·) concentrated likelihood function<br />

Ld(·) diffuse likelihood function<br />

log(x) natural logarithm <strong>of</strong> x<br />

N(·) normal density function<br />

P (A) probability that event A occurs<br />

p(·) probability function<br />

R the set <strong>of</strong> all real numbers<br />

S discrete random variable<br />

U(·), u(·) utility function<br />

V ar(X) variance <strong>of</strong> X<br />

vech(·) vech operator<br />

X random variable (discrete or stochastic)<br />

X ′<br />

transpose <strong>of</strong> the matrix X<br />

(X)•j<br />

j-th column <strong>of</strong> the matrix X

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