Weighted empirical likelihood inferences for a class of varying coefficient ARCH-M models

Abstract

In this paper, we consider the empirical likelihood inferences for a class of varying coefficient ARCH-M models, which is an extended version of parametric ARCH-M models. By constructing a weighted auxiliary random vector, we propose a weighted empirical likelihood method for estimating the functional-coefficients. Under some regularity conditions, the constructed empirical log-likelihood ratio is shown to be asymptotically , and then the pointwise confidence interval for functional-coefficient is constructed. Some simulation studies are carried out to compare finite sample performances of the proposed empirical likelihood estimation method with some existing estimation methods under various model settings. A real data analysis is also undertaken to illustrate practical implementation and performance of the proposed estimation procedure.