Hey, I'm trying to implement a GARCH model with Johnson-Su innovations in order to simulate returns of financial asset. The model should look like this:
r_t = alpha + lambda*sqrt(h_t) + sqrt(h_t)*epsilon_t h_t = alpha0 + alpha1*epsilon_(t-1)^2 + beta1 * h_(t-1). Alpha refers to a risk-free return, lambda to the risk-premium. I've implemented it like this: #specification of the model spec = ugarchspec(variance.model = list(model = "sGARCH", garchOrder = c(1,1), submodel = NULL, external.regressors = NULL, variance.targeting = FALSE), mean.model = list( armaOrder = c(0,0), include.mean = TRUE, archm = TRUE, archpow = 1, arfima = FALSE, external.regressors = NULL, archex = FALSE), distribution.model = "jsu", start.pars = list(), fixed.pars = list()) #fit the model to historical closing price (prices) fit = ugarchfit(data = prices, spec = spec) #save coefficients of the fitted model into 'par' par <- coef(fit) m = coef(fit)["mu"] lambda = coef(fit)["archm"] gamma = coef(fit)["skew"] delta = coef(fit)["shape"] #GARCH parameter a0 = coef(fit)["omega"] a1 = coef(fit)["alpha1"] b1 = coef(fit)["beta1"] My problem is that I often get negative values for lambda, i.e. for the intended risk-premium. So I'm wondering if I've made a mistake in the implementation, as one would usually expect a positive lambda. And a second question is about the Johnson-Su distribution: Am I right by extracting the Johnson-Su parameters gamma (delta) by the keywords "skew" ("shape")? Many thanks in advance, Patrick [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.