Bayesian Assessment of Dynamic Quantile Forecasts

Bayesian Assessment of Dynamic Quantile Forecasts

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Article ID: iaor20163950
Volume: 35
Issue: 8
Start Page Number: 751
End Page Number: 764
Publication Date: Dec 2016
Journal: Journal of Forecasting
Authors: , ,
Keywords: simulation, risk
Abstract:

Bayesian methods for assessing the accuracy of dynamic financial value‐at‐risk (VaR) forecasts have not been considered in the literature. Such methods are proposed in this paper. Specifically, Bayes factor analogues of popular frequentist tests for independence of violations from, and for correct coverage of a time series of, dynamic quantile forecasts are developed. To evaluate the relevant marginal likelihoods, analytic integration methods are utilized when possible; otherwise multivariate adaptive quadrature methods are employed to estimate the required quantities. The usual Bayesian interval estimate for a proportion is also examined in this context. The size and power properties of the proposed methods are examined via a simulation study, illustrating favourable comparisons both overall and with their frequentist counterparts. An empirical study employs the proposed methods, in comparison with standard tests, to assess the adequacy of a range of forecasting models for VaR in several financial market data series.

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