Volume 1, No. 1, April 2002 

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Intra-Day Features of Realized Volatility:

Evidence from an Emerging Market
Burc Kayahan and Thanasis Stengos
Department of Economics, University of Guelph, Canada
Burak Saltoğlu
Department of Economics, Marmara University, Turkey
Abstract
In this paper we investigate the intra-day properties of a recently proposed realized volatility concept using Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE) 5-minute data returns for the period 1997 to 2000. Using GARCH as a benchmark, we confirm recent findings in the literature that realized volatility provides a better fit than the normal GARCH model.
Key words: intra-day volatility; realized volatility; Istanbul Stock Exchange
JEL classification: C15; C22; G15

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