Least absolute deviation estimation of autoregressive conditional duration model

Abstract

This paper studies the least absolute deviation estimation of the high frequency financial autoregressive conditional duration (ACD) model. The asymptotic properties of the estimator are studied given mild regularity conditions. Furthermore, we develop a Wald test statistic for the linear restriction on the parameters. A simulation study is conducted for the finite sample properties of our estimator. Finally, we give an empirical study of financial duration.