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Bollerslev, T., Medeiros, M., Patton, A. and Quaedvlieg, R. (2021). From Zero to Hero: Realized Partial (Co)Variances Journal of Econometrics, Forthcomin:.


  • Affiliated author
    Rogier Quaedvlieg
  • Publication year
    2021
  • Journal
    Journal of Econometrics

This paper proposes a generalization of the class of realized semivariance and semicovariance measures introduced by Barndorff-Nielsen et al. (2010) and Bollerslev et al. (2020a) to allow for a finer decomposition of realized (co)variances. The new “realized partial (co)variances” allow for multiple thresholds with various locations, rather than the single fixed threshold of zero used in semi (co)variances. We adopt methods from machine learning to choose the thresholds to maximize the out-of-sample forecast performance of time series models based on realized partial (co)variances. We find that in low dimensional settings it is hard, but not impossible, to improve upon the simple fixed threshold of zero. In large dimensions, however, the zero threshold embedded in realized semi covariances emerges as a robust choice.