Econometric Measures of Connectedness and Systemic Risk in the Finance and Insurance Sectors

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Monica Billio

University of Venice - Department of Economics; Ca Foscari University of Venice - Dipartimento di Economia

Andrew W. Lo

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Laboratory for Financial Engineering

Mila Getmansky Sherman

University of Massachusetts at Amherst - Eugene M. Isenberg School of Management - Department of Finance

Loriana Pelizzon

Goethe University Frankfurt - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration; Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE; Ca Foscari University of Venice - Dipartimento di Economia

Date Written: November 1, 2011

Abstract

We propose several econometric measures of connectedness based on principal-components analysis and Granger-causality networks, and apply them to the monthly returns of hedge funds, banks, broker/dealers, and insurance companies. We find that all four sectors have become highly interrelated over the past decade, likely increasing the level of systemic risk in the finance and insurance industries through a complex and time-varying network of relationships. These measures can also identify and quantify financial crisis periods, and seem to contain predictive power in out-of-sample tests. Our results show an asymmetry in the degree of connectedness among the four sectors, with banks playing a much more important role in transmitting shocks than other financial institutions.

Keywords: Systemic Risk, Financial Institutions, Liquidity, Financial Crises

JEL Classification: G12, G29, C51

Suggested Citation

Billio, Monica and Billio, Monica and Lo, Andrew W. and Getmansky Sherman, Mila and Pelizzon, Loriana, Econometric Measures of Connectedness and Systemic Risk in the Finance and Insurance Sectors (November 1, 2011). University Ca' Foscari of Venice, Dept. of Economics Research Paper Series No. 21, MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 4774-10, AFA 2011 Denver Meetings Paper, CAREFIN Research Paper No. 12/2010, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1963216 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1963216

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Mila Getmansky Sherman

University of Massachusetts at Amherst - Eugene M. Isenberg School of Management - Department of Finance ( email )

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Loriana Pelizzon

Goethe University Frankfurt - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration ( email )

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