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Modelling Dependence in Latin American Markets Using Copula Functions

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  • Canela Miguel-Angel

    (Miguel-Angel Canela, Department of Managerial Decision Sciences, IESE Business School, Av. Pearson 21, 08034 Barcelona, Spain. E-mail: mcanela@iese.edu)

  • Pedreira Eduardo

    (Eduardo Pedreira, ‘la Caixa’ Research Department, Av. Diagonal 629, 08028 Barcelona, Spain. E-mail: epedreira@lacaixa.es)

Abstract

Two important issues in the analysis of association among financial markets are the degree of dependence and the underlying shape commanding the cross-market dependencies, so that any model used to describe this association must cope with both the issues. In the study presented in this article, we approach the modelling of dependence in two stages. The first stage is based on modelling the dependence between the returns of two assets by means of a single Archimedean copula, whereas the second one takes advantage of the mixture between copulas to gain the necessary flexibility to capture different tail dependence patterns. Both stages have been followed in modelling the dependence among the daily returns of seven Latin American country indices, a regional index and a worldwide index. Our findings have important implications for portfolio risk management. JEL Classification: G11, G15

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  • Canela Miguel-Angel & Pedreira Eduardo, 2012. "Modelling Dependence in Latin American Markets Using Copula Functions," Journal of Emerging Market Finance, Institute for Financial Management and Research, vol. 11(3), pages 231-270, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:emffin:v:11:y:2012:i:3:p:231-270
    DOI: 10.1177/0972652712466493
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    Keywords

    Emerging markets; tail dependence; copulas; mixture copulas; dependence structure;
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    JEL classification:

    • G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
    • G15 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - International Financial Markets

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