Journal of Financial Econometrics Advance Access originally published online on August 19, 2005
Journal of Financial Econometrics 2005 3(4):447-455; doi:10.1093/jjfinec/nbi029
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Practitioners Corner: Introduction to the Special Issue
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The material in this volume is the result of a call for papers to the participants of the "Conference on Analysis of High-Frequency Financial Data and Market Microstructure" held in December 2003 in Taipei, Taiwan. Jeffrey Russell and Ruey Tsay have acted as guest editors for this special issue, together with the editors René Garcia and Eric Renault.
The availability of high-frequency data has spawned considerable literature on volatility measurement and forecasting. The material is mathematically delicate and perhaps "Practitioners Corner" would be well advised to let the dust settle a bit to see what emerges at the end of the day. On the other hand, the practically minded may well be served by a good road map of the issues. So with only mild apology do we take up the cartography of some difficult terrain.
To fix ideas, let S(t) denote the price process of a