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ARCH (Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity) and GARCH (Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity) models are both used to model and analyze time-varying volatility or heteroskedasticity in time series data, but they differ in their complexity and flexibility:

1. ARCH (Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity):

   • ARCH models were introduced by Robert F. Engle in the 1980s.
   • They model the conditional variance of a time series as a linear function of past squared observations.
   • ARCH models assume that the conditional variance depends only on past values of the series.

2. GARCH (Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity):

   • GARCH models, introduced by Tim Bollerslev in the late 1980s, extend ARCH models.
   • They allow for greater flexibility by modeling the conditional variance as a linear function of past squared observations, past conditional variances, and, optionally, past values of the series itself.
   • GARCH models incorporate both short-term and long-term memory in volatility.

In summary, the primary difference between ARCH and GARCH models is that GARCH models are more flexible and can capture a wider range of volatility patterns compared to ARCH models. GARCH models are often preferred in practice, especially for modeling financial time series, because they provide a better representation of the complex dynamics of volatility.

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