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标题：Bitcoin Return Volatility Forecasting: A Comparative Study between GARCH and RNN
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作者：Shen, Ze ; Wan, Qing ; Leatham, David J. 等
期刊名称：Journal of Risk and Financial Management
印刷版ISSN：1911-8074
出版年度：2021
卷号：14
期号：7
页码：1-18
DOI：10.3390/jrfm14070337
语种：English
出版社：MDPI, Open Access Journal
摘要：One of the notable features of bitcoin is its extreme volatility. The modeling and forecasting of bitcoin volatility are crucial for bitcoin investors’ decision-making analysis and risk management. However, most previous studies of bitcoin volatility were founded on econometric models. Research on bitcoin volatility forecasting using machine learning algorithms is still sparse. In this study, both conventional econometric models and a machine learning model are used to forecast the bitcoin’s return volatility and Value at Risk. The objective of this study is to compare their out-of-sample performance in forecasting accuracy and risk management efficiency. The results demonstrate that the RNN outperforms GARCH and EWMA in average forecasting performance. However, it is less efficient in capturing the bitcoin market’s extreme events. Moreover, the RNN shows poor performance in Value at Risk forecasting, indicating that it could not work well as the econometric models in explaining extreme volatility. This study proposes an alternative method of bitcoin volatility analysis and provides more motivation for economic researchers to apply machine learning methods to the less volatile financial market conditions. Meanwhile, it also shows that the machine learning approaches are not always more advanced than econometric models, contrary to common belief.
关键词：bitcoin; GARCH; machine learning; recurrent neural network; volatility; risk management