Dear R users, I need to estimate an ARCH(1,0) model with t-residuals. To do this I use garchFit function from fGarch library. However, I get the following error message: Error in.garchInitParameters (formula.mean = formula.mean, formula.var = formula.var, ): object "alpha" not found I tried to estimate this model with different series, but I always get this error message. For example, data(EuStockMarkets) dax <- diff(log(EuStockMarkets))[,"DAX"] g=garchFit(formula=~garch(0,1),data=dax,cond.dist="dstd",include.mean=FALSE) Series Initialization: ARMA model: arma Formula mean: ~ arma(0, 0) GARCH model: garch Formula var: ~ garch(0, 1) ARMA Order: 0 0 Max ARMA Order: 0 GARCH Order: 0 1 Max GARCH Order: 1 Maximum Order: 1 h.start: 2 llh.start: 1 Length of Series: 1859 Recursion Init: mci Series Scale: 0.01030084 Error in .garchInitParameters(formula.mean = formula.mean, formula.var = formula.var, : object "alpha" not found If I use GARCH(0,1) model I get the following error message: g=garchFit(formula=~garch(0,1),data=dax,cond.dist="dstd",include.mean=FALSE) Series Initialization: ARMA model: arma Formula mean: ~ arma(0, 0) GARCH model: garch Formula var: ~ garch(1, 0) ARMA Order: 0 0 Max ARMA Order: 0 GARCH Order: 1 0 Max GARCH Order: 1 Maximum Order: 1 h.start: 2 llh.start: 1 Length of Series: 1859 Recursion Init: mci Series Scale: 0.01030084 Error in sum(beta) : invalid 'type' (closure) of argument Do fGarch function allow to estimate GARCH(p,q) with p and q >0 only? Are there any other functions in order to estimate ARCH(1,0) with t-residuals? Thank you. Regards, Elena Advertisement: Lietuviams reikia saugios pasto dezutes. Dideles ir saugios. INBOX.LT - 10 GB nemokamas pastas! [[alternative HTML version deleted]]