Understanding temporal aggregation effects on kurtosis in financial indices

Indices of financial returns typically display sample kurtosis that declines towards the Gaussian value 3 as the sampling interval increases. This paper uses stochastic unit root (STUR) and continuous time analysis to explain the phenomenon. Limit theory for the sample kurtosis reveals that STUR spe...

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Main Authors: LIEBERMAN, Offer, PHILLIPS, Peter C. B.
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Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2022
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Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/2628
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English