Systematic Extreme Downside Risk

Date

2019-02-25

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Elsevier

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Yes

Abstract

We propose new systematic tail risk measures constructed using two different approaches. The first is a nonparametric measure that captures the tendency of a stock to crash at the same time as the market, while the second is based on the sensitivity of stock returns to innovations in market crash risk. Both tail risk measures are associated with a significantly positive risk premium after controlling for other measures of downside risk, including downside beta, coskewness and cokurtosis. Using the new measures, we examine the relevance for investors of the tail risk premium over different horizons.

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Keywords

Asset pricing, Tail risk, Co-moment, Value-at-Risk, Systematic risk

Citation

Harris, R. D. F., Nguyen, L. H., Stoja, E. (2019) Systematic extreme downside risk. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 61, pp. 128-142

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