Asset Market Linkages in Crisis Periods

Posted: 22 Aug 2003

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Philipp Hartmann

European Central Bank (ECB); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) - International Macroeconomics

Stefan Straetmans

Maastricht University ; University of Antwerp - Faculty of Applied Economics

Casper G. de Vries

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE); Tinbergen Institute; CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)

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Abstract

We characterize asset return linkages during periods of stress by an extremal dependence measure. Contrary to correlation analysis, this non-parametric measure is not predisposed towards the normal distribution and can account for non-linear relationships. Our estimates for the G-5 countries suggest that simultaneous crashes between stock markets are much more likely than between bond markets. However, for the assessment of financial system stability the widely disregarded cross-asset perspective is particularly important. For example, our data show that stock-bond contagion is about as frequent as flight-to-quality from stocks into bonds. Extreme cross-border linkages are surprisingly similar to national linkages, illustrating a potential downside to international financial integration.

Keywords: Financial crises, systemic risk, contagion, market crashes, flight to quality, bivariate extreme value analysis, extreme co-movements

JEL Classification: G1, F3, C49

Suggested Citation

Hartmann, Philipp and Straetmans, Stefan and De Vries, Casper, Asset Market Linkages in Crisis Periods. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=425220

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