Value-at-Risk Theory and Practice

The first advanced book on value-at-risk

Chapter 4, Page 180
Exercise 8

Consider the process Y, which we described earlier (all terms tY are equal and are unconditionally U(0, 1); two realizations are indicated in Exhibit 4.7).

1. Is Y stationary?

2. Is it unconditionally homoskedastic?

3. Is it conditionally homoskedastic?

4. What is the unconditional standard deviation 1?

5. What is the conditional standard deviation 1|0?

Solution

1. Yes.

2. Yes.

3. Yes.

4. Applying [3.74], it is 0.2887.

5. It is 0.

 

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