Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T20:06:05Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 4180.pdf: 1039417 bytes, checksum: d09a61a4895fb47d1c2456468800fc2f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-02-29 / Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos / In this work we consider a new estimator proposed by Ferrari & Yang (2010), called the maximum Lq-likelihood estimator (MLqE), to estimate the parameters of the measurement error models, in particular, the structural model. The new estimator extends the classical maximum likelihood estimator (MLE) and its based on the minimization, by means of the Kullback-Leibler (KL) divergence, of the discrepancy between a distribuiton in a family and one that modifies the true distribution by the degree of distortion q. Depending on the choice of q, the transformed distribution can diminish or emphasize the role of extreme observations, unlike the ML method that equally weights each observation. For small and moderate sample sizes, the MLqE can trade bias for precision, causing a reduction of the mean square error (MSE). The structural model has the characteristic of non-identifiability. For this reason, we must make assumptions on the parameters to overcome the non-identifiability. We perform a analytical study and a simulation study to compare MLqE and MLE. To gauge performance of the estimators, we compute measures of overall performance, bias, standard deviation, standard error, MSE, probability of coverage and length of confidence intervals. / Neste trabalho utilizaremos um novo estimador proposto por Ferrari & Yang (2010), denominado de estimador de máxima Lq-verossimilhança (EMLqV), na estimação dos parâmetros de modelos com erros de medição estruturais normais. O novo estimador é uma generalização do estimador de máxima verossimilhança (EMV) usual e sua construção baseia-se na comparação, utilizando divergência de Kullback-Leibler (KL), entre duas distribuições, a distribuição inalterada e a distribuição modificada pelo grau de distorção da função de verossimilhança (q). Conforme a escolha para q, a distribuição modificada poderá atenuar ou exaltar o papel das observações extremas, diferentemente do EMV usual que atribui os mesmos pesos a todas as observações. Na comparação entre as duas distribuições pela divergência de KL é inserida certa quantidade de viés no estimador resultante, que é controlada pelo parâmetro q. O aumento do viés do estimador MLqV pode ser compensado com a redução de sua variância, pela escolha apropriada de q. O modelo estrutural possui a característica de ser inidentificável. Para torná-lo identificável faremos suposições sobre os parâmetros do modelo, analisando cinco casos de identificabilidade do modelo. A comparação entre os métodos MLqV e MV na estimação dos parâmetros do modelo será baseada em resultados analíticos e em simulações, sendo calculadas medidas de desempenho global, viés, desvio padrão (DP), erro padrão estimado (EP), erro quadrático médio (EQM), probabilidade de cobertura e amplitude dos intervalos de confiança.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T20:06:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 6069.pdf: 3171774 bytes, checksum: a737da63d3ddeb0d44dfc38839337d42 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-03-10 / Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos / The usual regression model fits data under the assumption that the explanatory variable is measured without error. However, in many situations the explanatory variable is observed with measurement errors. In these cases, measurement error models are recommended. We study a structural measurement error model for replicated observations. Estimation of parameters of the proposed models was obtained by the maximum likelihood and maximum pseudolikelihood methods. The behavior of the estimators was assessed in a simulation study with different numbers of replicates. Moreover, we proposed the likelihood ratio test, Wald test, score test, gradient test, Neyman's C test and pseudolikelihood ratio test in order to test hypotheses of interest related to the parameters. The proposed test statistics are assessed through a simulation study. Finally, the model was fitted to a real data set comprising measurements of concentrations of chemical elements in samples of Egyptian pottery. The computational implementation was developed in R language. / Um dos procedimentos usuais para estudar uma relação entre variáveis é análise de regressão. O modelo de regressão usual ajusta os dados sob a suposição de que as variáveis explicativas são medidas sem erros. Porém, em diversas situações as variáveis explicativas apresentam erros de medição. Nestes casos são utilizados os modelos com erros de medição. Neste trabalho estudamos um modelo estrutural com erros de medição para observações replicadas. A estimação dos parâmetros dos modelos propostos foi efetuada pelos métodos de máxima verossimilhança e de máxima pseudoverossimilhança. O comportamento dos estimadores de alguns parâmetros foi analisado por meio de simulações para diferentes números de réplicas. Além disso, são propostos o teste da razão de verossimilhanças, o teste de Wald, o teste escore, o teste gradiente, o teste C de Neyman e o teste da razão de pseudoverossimilhanças com o objetivo de testar algumas hipóteses de interesse relacionadas aos parâmetros. As estatísticas propostas são avaliadas por meio de simulações. Finalmente, o modelo foi ajustado a um conjunto de dados reais referentes a medições de concentrações de elementos químicos em amostras de cerâmicas egípcias. A implementação computacional foi desenvolvida em linguagem R.

The research presented in this thesis addresses different aspects of dynamic portfolio construction and portfolio risk measurement. It brings the research on dynamic portfolio optimization, replicating portfolio construction, dynamic portfolio risk measurement and volatility forecast together. The overall aim of this research is threefold. First, it is aimed to examine the portfolio construction and risk measurement performance of a broad set of volatility forecast and portfolio optimization model. Second, in an effort to improve their forecast accuracy and portfolio construction performance, it is aimed to propose new models or new formulations to the available models. Third, in order to enhance the replication performance of hedge fund returns, it is aimed to introduce a replication approach that has the potential to be used in numerous applications, in investment management. In order to achieve these aims, Chapter 2 addresses risk measurement in dynamic portfolio construction. In this chapter, further evidence on the use of multivariate conditional volatility models in hedge fund risk measurement and portfolio allocation is provided by using monthly returns of hedge fund strategy indices for the period 1990 to 2009. Building on Giamouridis and Vrontos (2007), a broad set of multivariate GARCH models, as well as, the simpler exponentially weighted moving average (EWMA) estimator of RiskMetrics (1996) are considered. It is found that, while multivariate GARCH models provide some improvements in portfolio performance over static models, they are generally dominated by the EWMA model. In particular, in addition to providing a better risk-adjusted performance, the EWMA model leads to dynamic allocation strategies that have a substantially lower turnover and could therefore be expected to involve lower transaction costs. Moreover, it is shown that these results are robust across the low - volatility and high-volatility sub-periods. Chapter 3 addresses optimization in dynamic portfolio construction. In this chapter, the advantages of introducing alternative optimization frameworks over the mean-variance framework in constructing hedge fund portfolios for a fund of funds. Using monthly return data of hedge fund strategy indices for the period 1990 to 2011, the standard mean-variance approach is compared with approaches based on CVaR, CDaR and Omega, for both conservative and aggressive hedge fund investors. In order to estimate portfolio CVaR, CDaR and Omega, a semi-parametric approach is proposed, in which first the marginal density of each hedge fund index is modelled using extreme value theory and the joint density of hedge fund index returns is constructed using a copula-based approach. Then hedge fund returns from this joint density are simulated in order to compute CVaR, CDaR and Omega. The semi-parametric approach is compared with the standard, non-parametric approach, in which the quantiles of the marginal density of portfolio returns are estimated empirically and used to compute CVaR, CDaR and Omega. Two main findings are reported. The first is that CVaR-, CDaR- and Omega-based optimization offers a significant improvement in terms of risk-adjusted portfolio performance over mean-variance optimization. The second is that, for all three risk measures, semi-parametric estimation of the optimal portfolio offers a very significant improvement over non-parametric estimation. The results are robust to as the choice of target return and the estimation period. Chapter 4 searches for improvements in portfolio risk measurement by addressing volatility forecast. In this chapter, two new univariate Markov regime switching models based on intraday range are introduced. A regime switching conditional volatility model is combined with a robust measure of volatility based on intraday range, in a framework for volatility forecasting. This chapter proposes a one-factor and a two-factor model that combine useful properties of range, regime switching, nonlinear filtration, and GARCH frameworks. Any incremental improvement in the performance of volatility forecasting is searched for by employing regime switching in a conditional volatility setting with enhanced information content on true volatility. Weekly S&P500 index data for 1982-2010 is used. Models are evaluated by using a number of volatility proxies, which approximate true integrated volatility. Forecast performance of the proposed models is compared to renowned return-based and range-based models, namely EWMA of Riskmetrics, hybrid EWMA of Harris and Yilmaz (2009), GARCH of Bollerslev (1988), CARR of Chou (2005), FIGARCH of Baillie et al. (1996) and MRSGARCH of Klaassen (2002). It is found that the proposed models produce more accurate out of sample forecasts, contain more information about true volatility and exhibit similar or better performance when used for value at risk comparison. Chapter 5 searches for improvements in risk measurement for a better dynamic portfolio construction. This chapter proposes multivariate versions of one and two factor MRSACR models introduced in the fourth chapter. In these models, useful properties of regime switching models, nonlinear filtration and range-based estimator are combined with a multivariate setting, based on static and dynamic correlation estimates. In comparing the out-of-sample forecast performance of these models, eminent return and range-based volatility models are employed as benchmark models. A hedge fund portfolio construction is conducted in order to investigate the out-of-sample portfolio performance of the proposed models. Also, the out-of-sample performance of each model is tested by using a number of statistical tests. In particular, a broad range of statistical tests and loss functions are utilized in evaluating the forecast performance of the variance covariance matrix of each portfolio. It is found that, in terms statistical test results, proposed models offer significant improvements in forecasting true volatility process, and, in terms of risk and return criteria employed, proposed models perform better than benchmark models. Proposed models construct hedge fund portfolios with higher risk-adjusted returns, lower tail risks, offer superior risk-return tradeoffs and better active management ratios. However, in most cases these improvements come at the expense of higher portfolio turnover and rebalancing expenses. Chapter 6 addresses the dynamic portfolio construction for a better hedge fund return replication and proposes a new approach. In this chapter, a method for hedge fund replication is proposed that uses a factor-based model supplemented with a series of risk and return constraints that implicitly target all the moments of the hedge fund return distribution. The approach is used to replicate the monthly returns of ten broad hedge fund strategy indices, using long-only positions in ten equity, bond, foreign exchange, and commodity indices, all of which can be traded using liquid, investible instruments such as futures, options and exchange traded funds. In out-of-sample tests, proposed approach provides an improvement over the pure factor-based model, offering a closer match to both the return performance and risk characteristics of the hedge fund strategy indices.