Time Series Methods in Financial Econometrics, PEF 2009

Patrick Gagliardini, USI and SFI

The goal of this course is to introduce students with advanced econometric methods for time series data in financial applications. The course focuses on the Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) and nonparametric methods, and considers estimation and inference for asset pricing and derivative pricing models.

Outline

The material of this course is mostly based on lectures held by P. Gagliardini and F. Trojani at HSG in the period 2005-2008, with some additional material on the empirical analysis of asset pricing models

For GMM: Chapters 0,1,2,3,5 downloadable here

For Nonparametrics: Chapters NP1-NP5 downloadable here

Additional class material downloadable here slides

Homeworks: HW1 HW2