Some Properties of Absolute Return: An Alternative Measure of Risk

Clive Granger and Zhuanxin Ding

Annals of Economics and Statistics, 1995, issue 40, 67-91

Abstract: The expected absolute return belongs to a class of risk measure derived by Luce (1980) from axioms. The paper considers the time series properties of and also the marginal distribution properties, for various properties of Theta. Using a long daily stock index series it is found that the autocorrelations decline slowly for all positive Theta but this "long-memory" property is strongest for Theta = 1, the absolute return. The moments of absolute returns, after removal of a few outliers, suggest that an exponential distribution is appropriate.

Date: 1995
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