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Estimating Systematic Risk Using Time Varying Distributions
Author(s) -
Koutmos Gregory,
Knif Johan
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
european financial management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.311
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1468-036X
pISSN - 1354-7798
DOI - 10.1111/1468-036x.00176
Subject(s) - econometrics , autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity , portfolio , systematic risk , market portfolio , economics , conditional variance , market risk , sign (mathematics) , covariance , persistence (discontinuity) , mean reversion , capital asset pricing model , financial economics , mathematics , statistics , volatility (finance) , mathematical analysis , geotechnical engineering , engineering
This article proposes a dynamic vector GARCH model for the estimation of time‐varying betas. The model allows the conditional variances and the conditional covariance between individual portfolio returns and market portfolio returns to respond asymmetrically to past innovations depending on their sign. Covariances tend to be higher during market declines. There is substantial time variation in betas but the evidence on beta asymmetry is mixed. Specifically, in 50% of the cases betas are higher during market declines and for the remaining 50% the opposite is true. A time series analysis of estimated time varying betas reveals that they follow stationary mean‐reverting processes. The average degree of persistence is approximately four days. It is also found that the static market model overstates non‐market or, unsystematic risk by more than 10%. On the basis of an array of diagnostics it is confirmed that the vector GARCH model provides a richer framework for the analysis of the dynamics of systematic risk.