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Survival of Hedge Funds: Frailty vs Contagion

Gagliardini, Patrick; Gouriéroux, Christian; Darolles, Serge (2011-04), Survival of Hedge Funds: Frailty vs Contagion, European Economic Association & Econometric Society, 2012-08, Malaga, Espagne

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Communication / Conférence
Date
2011-04
Conference title
European Economic Association & Econometric Society
Conference date
2012-08
Conference city
Malaga
Conference country
Espagne
Pages
57
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Author(s)
Gagliardini, Patrick
Gouriéroux, Christian
Darolles, Serge
Abstract (EN)
The rather short lifetimes of a majority of hedge funds and the reasons of their liquidation explain the interest of investors and academics in hedge fund survival analysis. In this paper we are interested in the dependence between liquidation risks of individual hedge funds. This dependence can either result from common exogenous shocks (frailty), or be due to contagion phenomena, which occur when an endogenous behaviour of a fund manager impacts the Net Asset Values of other funds. We introduce dynamic models able to distinguish between frailty and contagion phenomena, and to test for the presence and magnitude of such dependence effects, according to the age and management style of the fund.
Subjects / Keywords
Hedge Fund; Liquidation Correlation; Frailty; Contagion Dynamic Count Model; Autoregressive Gamma Process
JEL
G12 - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates
C23 - Panel Data Models; Spatio-temporal Models