The present study
highlights the drawback of using Sanso, Arago and Carrion’s (2004) AIT-ICSS
algorithm in detecting sudden changes in the unconditional volatility when long
memory is present in volatility. Simulation experiments show that the AIT-ICSS
test is severely oversized and exhibits low power when long memory is present
in volatility.
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