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Chinese Journal of Management Science ›› 2024, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (1): 13-22.doi: 10.16381/j.cnki.issn1003-207x.2021.0213

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Forecasting the Chinese Gold Futures Market Volatility Using Markov-Switching Regime and Mixed Data Sampling Model

Yangli Guo,Feng MA()   

  1. School of Economics and Management,Southwest Jiaotong University,Chengdu 610031,China
  • Received:2021-01-30 Revised:2022-04-26 Online:2024-01-25 Published:2024-02-08
  • Contact: Feng MA E-mail:mafeng2016@swjtu.edu.cn

Abstract:

In this study, a new Markov-switching regime (MS-MIDAS) is constructed using Markov-switching regime (MS) and mixed data sampling (MIDAS) models, and the volatility of the Chinese gold futures market is modeled and predicted. Using the out-of-sample rolling window prediction method and the Model Confidence Set (MCS) test, it is found that: (1) In general, higher prediction accuracy is demonstrated by the mixed data sampling models with Markov-switching regime (MS-MIDAS) compared to the MIDAS model; (2) The mixed data sampling model of Markov-switching regime with jumps (MS-MIDAS-CJ) exhibits the highest prediction accuracy; (3) The empirical results remain robust for different prediction windows and different lag orders (kmax).

Key words: gold futures market, volatility forecasting, MS-MIDAS, structural breaks

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