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Extreme Value Dependence in Financial Markets: Diagnostics, Models, and Financial Implications.

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<mark>Journal publication date</mark>2004
<mark>Journal</mark>Review of Financial Studies
Issue number2
Volume17
Number of pages30
Pages (from-to)581-610
Publication StatusPublished
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

This article presents a general framework for identifying and modeling the joint-tail distribution based on multivariate extreme value theories. We argue that the multivariate approach is the most efficient and effective way to study extreme events such as systemic risk and crisis. We show, using returns on five major stock indices, that the use of traditional dependence measures could lead to inaccurate portfolio risk assessment. We explain how the framework proposed here could be exploited in a number of finance applications such as portfolio selection, risk management, Sharpe ratio targeting, hedging, option valuation, and credit risk analysis.