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A Wavelet Based Multi Scale VaR Model for Agricultural Market

  • Kaijian He
  • , Kin Keung Lai
  • , Sy-Ming Guu
  • , Jinlong Zhang

    Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary WorksRGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication)peer-review

    Abstract

    Participants in the agricultural industries are subject to significant market risks due to long production lags. Traditional methodology analyzes the risk evolution following a time invariant approach. However, this paper analyzes and proposes wavelet analysis to track risk evolution in a time variant fashion. A wavelet-econometric hybrid model is further proposed for VaR estimates. The proposed wavelet decomposed VaR (WDVaR) is ex-ante in nature and is capable of estimating risks that are multi-scale structured. Empirical studies in major agricultural markets are conducted for both the hybrid ARMA-GARCH VaR and the proposed WDVaR. Experiment results confirm significant performance improvement. Besides, incorporation of time variant risks tracking capability offers additional flexibility for adaptability of the proposed hybrid algorithm to different market environments. WDVaR can be tailored to specific market characteristics to capture unique investment styles, time horizons, etc. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2008.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationModelling, Computation and Optimization in Information Systems and Management Sciences
    Pages429-438
    Volume14
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2008
    Event2nd International conference on Modelling, Computation and Optimization in Information Systems and Management Sciences, MCO 2008 - Metz, France
    Duration: 8 Sept 200810 Sept 2008

    Publication series

    NameCommunications in Computer and Information Science
    Volume14
    ISSN (Print)1865-0929

    Conference

    Conference2nd International conference on Modelling, Computation and Optimization in Information Systems and Management Sciences, MCO 2008
    PlaceFrance
    CityMetz
    Period8/09/0810/09/08

    Research Keywords

    • financial
    • risk management
    • time series analysis
    • Value at Risk
    • wavelets and fractals

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