Source: Adv. in Appl. Probab. Volume 39, Number 2
(2007), 531-549.
Based on the concept of multipower variation we establish a class of easily
computable and robust estimators for the integrated volatility, especially
including the
squared integrated volatility, in Lévy-type stochastic volatility
models. We derive consistency and feasible distributional results for the estimators.
Furthermore, we discuss the applications to time-changed CGMY, normal
inverse Gaussian, and hyperbolic models with and without leverage, where
the time-changes are based on integrated Cox-Ingersoll-Ross or
Ornstein-Uhlenbeck-type processes. We deduce which type of market
microstructure does not affect the estimates.
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