Mathematical Modeling of the Price Volatility of Maize and Sorghum between 1960 and 2022

Table 5.

Parameter Estimates for ARCH/GARCH Models for Sorghum Returns

Parameter ARCH GARCH(1 1) EGARCH TGRACH PARCH CGARCG IGARCH

Constant (C) 0.002846 (0.00205) 0.002973 (0.00193) 0.002171 (0.00195) 0.002940 (0.00199) 0.004641 (0.00012) 0.001805 (0.00188) 0.001640 (0.00240)
Intercept (βo) 0.002666 (0.00008) 5.06E-05 (0.00013) -7.27544 (0.70586) 5.07E-05 (0000.15) 0.027556 (0.01180) 0.005610 (0.00294)  
ARCH term (β1) 0.208610 (0.04162) 0.071813 (0.01106) 0.364205 (0.056300) 0.068624 (0.011924) 0.066333 (0.009614) 0.993188 (0.005011) -0.001468 (0.000477)
GARCH term (α1)   0.918402 (0.008298) 0.133331 (0.051871) 0.918656 (0.011539) -0.146633 (0.161236) 0.063565 (0.012749) 1.001468 (0.000477)
Γ     -0.217412 (0.123057) 0.006086 (0.026810) 0.900795 (0.007320)    
D         0.116385 (0.120912)    
Ø           0.163382 (0.039483)  
ρ           -0.263334 (0.148080)  
β1 + α1   0.990215 0.497536 0.98728 -0.0803 1.056753 1.0000
Log L 1060.807 1077.683 1064.407 1077.707 1099.256 1085.712 1050.627
AIC -2.91006 -2.953736 -2.914462 -2.951052 -3.007582 -2.970321 -2.884805
SC -2.89113 -2.928488 -2.882901 -2.919491 -2.969709 -2.932448 -2.872181

Note: Numbers in parenthesis indicate standard error