A review of threshold time series models in finance

Abstract

Since the pioneering work by Tong (1978, 1983), threshold time series modelling and its applications have become increasingly important for research in economics and finance. A number of books and a vast number of research papers published in this area have been motivated by Tong's threshold models. The goal of this paper is to give a through review on the development of the family of threshold time series model in finance and to provide a streamlined approach to financial time series analysis. It covers threshold modeling, nonlinearity tests, statistical inference, diagnostic checking, and model selection, as well as applications of the threshold autoregressive model and its generalizations in finance.