Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Series: Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers Creation-Date: 2014-02-25 Number: 14-025/III Author-Name: Michael McAleer Author-Workplace-Name: College of Technology Management, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan; Econometric Institute, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Complutense University of Madrid, Spain Title: Discussion of “Principal Volatility Component Analysis” by Yu-Pin Hu and Ruey Tsay Abstract: This note discusses some aspects of the paper by Hu and Tsay (2014), “Principal Volatility Component Analysis”. The key issues are considered, and are also related to existing conditional covariance and correlation models. Some caveats are given about multivariate models of time-varying conditional covariance and correlation models. Classification-JEL: C32, C55, C58, F37 Keywords: Principal Component Analysis, Principal Volatility Component Analysis, Vector time-varying conditional heteroskedasticity, BEKK, DCC, asymptotic properties File-Url: https://papers.tinbergen.nl/14025.pdf File-Format: application/pdf File-Size: 74326 bytes Handle: RePEc:tin:wpaper:20140025