Nonparametric Multiple Change Point Analysis of the Global Financial Crisis

14 Pages Posted: 27 May 2013

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David E. Allen

School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Sydney; Financial Research Network (FIRN); Department of Finance; School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University

Michael McAleer

Erasmus University Rotterdam - Erasmus School of Economics, Econometric Institute; Tinbergen Institute; University of Tokyo - Centre for International Research on the Japanese Economy (CIRJE), Faculty of Economics

Robert J. Powell

Edith Cowan University - School of Business & Law; Financial Research Network (FIRN)

Abhay Kumar-Singh

Edith Cowan University

Date Written: May 24, 2013

Abstract

This paper presents an application of a recently developed approach by Matteson and James (2012) for the analysis of change points in a data set, namely major financial market indices converted to financial return series. The general problem concerns the inference of a change in the distribution of a set of time-ordered variables. The approach involves the nonparametric estimation of both the number of change points and the positions at which they occur. The approach is general and does not involve assumptions about the nature of the distributions involved or the type of change beyond the assumption of the existence of the absolute moment, for some α ∈ (0; 2). The estimation procedure is based on hierarchical clustering and the application of both divisive and agglomerative algorithms. The method is used to evaluate the impact of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) on the US, French, German, UK, Japanese and Chinese markets, as represented by the S&P500, CAC, DAX, FTSE All Share, Nikkei 225 and Shanghai A share Indices, respectively, from 2003 to 2013. The approach is used to explore the timing and number of change points in the datasets corresponding to the GFC and subsequent European Debt Crisis.

Keywords: Nonparametric Analysis, Multiple Change Points, Cluster Analysis, Global Financial Crisis

JEL Classification: G11, C02

Suggested Citation

Allen, David Edmund and McAleer, Michael and Powell, Robert J. and Kumar-Singh, Abhay, Nonparametric Multiple Change Point Analysis of the Global Financial Crisis (May 24, 2013). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2270029 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2270029

David Edmund Allen (Contact Author)

School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Sydney ( email )

School of Mathematics and Statistics F07
University of Sydney
Sydney, New South Wales 2006
Australia

HOME PAGE: http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au

Financial Research Network (FIRN)

C/- University of Queensland Business School
St Lucia, 4071 Brisbane
Queensland
Australia

HOME PAGE: http://www.firn.org.au

Department of Finance ( email )

Taiwan
Taiwan

School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University

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Joondalup, WA 6027
Australia

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Michael McAleer

Erasmus University Rotterdam - Erasmus School of Economics, Econometric Institute ( email )

Rotterdam
Netherlands

Tinbergen Institute

Rotterdam
Netherlands

University of Tokyo - Centre for International Research on the Japanese Economy (CIRJE), Faculty of Economics

Tokyo
Japan

Robert J. Powell

Edith Cowan University - School of Business & Law ( email )

270 Joondalup Dr
Joondalup, WA 6027
Australia

Financial Research Network (FIRN)

C/- University of Queensland Business School
St Lucia, 4071 Brisbane
Queensland
Australia

HOME PAGE: http://www.firn.org.au

Abhay Kumar-Singh

Edith Cowan University ( email )

Mount Lawley Campus
Perth
Churchlands 6018 WA, Victoria
Australia

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