The Tail Risk of Emerging Stock Markets

29 Pages Posted: 5 Jun 2009 Last revised: 6 Jul 2009

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Xiaoming Li

Massey University - School of Economics and Finance (Albany)

Lawrence C. Rose

Massey University

Date Written: 6 July, 2009

Abstract

This paper investigates tail risk in emerging stock markets by comparing the investable and noninvestable segments in terms of the expected shortfall of standardized returns and tail dependence on the world market. Employing the skewed Student-t GJR-GARCH model and the symmetrized Joe-Clayton copula, we show most investable portfolios have lower tail risk but higher tail dependence than noninvestable ones, and emerging markets are likely more dependent on the world market during large joint losses than large joint gains. In addition, tail dependence of the aggregate and investable markets on the world market varies across countries and across regions.

Keywords: Emerging markets, Investable stocks, Noninvestable stocks, Tail risk, Tail dependence

JEL Classification: G15, F36, C22

Suggested Citation

Li, Xiaoming and Rose, Lawrence (Larry) Craig, The Tail Risk of Emerging Stock Markets (6 July, 2009). Massey U. College of Business Research Paper No. 6, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1413463 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1413463

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