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Using transfer entropy to measure information flows between financial markets

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  • Dimpfl, Thomas
  • Peter, Franziska J.

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We use transfer entropy to quantify information flows between financial markets and propose a suitable bootstrap procedure for statistical inference. Transfer entropy is a model-free measure designed as the Kullback-Leibler distance of transition probabilities. Our approach allows to determine, measure and test for information transfer without being restricted to linear dynamics. In our empirical application, we examine the importance of the credit default swap market relative to the corporate bond market for the pricing of credit risk. We also analyze the dynamic relation between market risk and credit risk proxied by the VIX and the iTraxx Europe, respectively. We conduct the analyses for pre-crisis, crisis and post-crisis periods.

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  • Dimpfl, Thomas & Peter, Franziska J., 2012. "Using transfer entropy to measure information flows between financial markets," SFB 649 Discussion Papers 2012-051, Humboldt University Berlin, Collaborative Research Center 649: Economic Risk.
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    • C14 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods: General
    • G15 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - International Financial Markets

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