Regime Switches in the Volatility and Correlation of Financial Institutions

National Bank of Belgium Working Paper No. 227

54 Pages Posted: 13 Oct 2012

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Kris Boudt

Ghent University; Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Sentometrics

Jon Danielsson

London School of Economics - Systemic Risk Centre

Siem Jan Koopman

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - School of Business and Economics; Tinbergen Institute; Aarhus University - CREATES

Andre Lucas

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Tinbergen Institute

Date Written: September 3, 2012

Abstract

We propose a parsimonious regime switching model to characterize the dynamics in the volatilities and correlations of US deposit banks' stock returns over 1994-2011. A first innovative feature of the model is that the within-regime dynamics in the volatilities and correlation depend on the shape of the Student t innovations. Secondly, the across-regime dynamics in the transition probabilities of both volatilities and correlations are driven by macro-financial indicators such as the Saint Louis Financial Stability index, VIX or TED spread. We find strong evidence of time-variation in the regime switching probabilities and the within-regime volatility of most banks. The within-regime dynamics of the equicorrelation seem to be constant over the period.

Suggested Citation

Boudt, Kris and Danielsson, Jon and Koopman, Siem Jan and Lucas, Andre, Regime Switches in the Volatility and Correlation of Financial Institutions (September 3, 2012). National Bank of Belgium Working Paper No. 227, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2160835 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2160835

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