Survival of Hedge Funds: Frailty vs Contagion

75 Pages Posted: 22 Dec 2012 Last revised: 15 Jun 2015

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Serge Darolles

Université Paris Dauphine - DRM-CEREG

Patrick Gagliardini

University of Lugano; Swiss Finance Institute

Christian Gourieroux

University of Toronto - Department of Economics; Center for Interuniversity Research and Analysis on Organization (CIRANO); Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Administration Economique (ENSAE); National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Date Written: December 15, 2013

Abstract

We develop a new methodology to analyse the dynamics of liquidation risk dependence in the hedge funds industry. This dependence results either from a common exogenous factor, or from conta- gion phenomena caused by an endogenous behaviour of fund managers. Our empirical analysis shows that the common factor, the sensitivities to this factor and the contagion scheme can be interpreted in terms of liquidity risks. The factor is related nonlinearly to rollover and margin funding liquidity risks. The sensitivities to the factor are funding liquidity risk exposures, which depend on the redemption and leverage policies of fund managers. The causal scheme captures the reinforcing spiral between funding and market liquidity.

Keywords: Hedge Fund, Contagion, Systemic Risk, Stress-Tests, Funding Liquidity

JEL Classification: G12, C23

Suggested Citation

Darolles, Serge and Gagliardini, Patrick and Gourieroux, Christian, Survival of Hedge Funds: Frailty vs Contagion (December 15, 2013). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2192401 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2192401

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