 Modelling Financial Contagion Using High Frequency DataWenying Yao, Mardi Dungey and Vitali Alexeev The Economic Record, 2020, vol. 96, issue 314, 314-330 Abstract: This paper develops a methodology for detecting and measuring contagion using high‐frequency data which disentangles continuous and discontinuous price movements. We demonstrate its finite‐sample properties using Monte Carlo simulation, focusing on the empirically plausible parameter space. Decisions to extend the role of financial regulation around the world to the supervision of insurers in the wake of the global financial crisis have been met with literature which supports both the systemic importance of insurers and contrasting evidence that insurers are rather the `victims' of shocks transmitted via banks. We contribute to this debate by considering the time‐varying evidence for contagion at both the firm level and the sector level. A number of insurance companies exhibit bank‐like characteristics. Our evidence for contagion effects from banks to the real economy, with similar impact from the insurers, supports the view that financial regulation on banks does need to be extended to the insurance sector. Date: 2020 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:bla:ecorec:v:96:y:2020:i:314:p:314-330 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article The Economic Record is currently edited by Paul Miller, Glenn Otto and Martin Richardson More articles in The Economic Record from The Economic Society of Australia Contact information at EDIRC. |
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