Modeling Contagion of Financial Markets: A GARCH-EVT Copula Approach

Abstract

To better assess the financial contagion through the VaR, several recent studies used copula models. In the same context, this paper addresses the inefficiency of the classical approach such as a normal distribution in modeling the tail risk, by using the conditional Extreme Value Theory (GARCH-EVT), in order to assess extreme risks with contagion effect. The GARCH-EVT approach is a two-stage hybrid method that combines a Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity (GARCH) filter with the Extreme Value Theory (EVT). To implement our approach, we use macroeconomic time series from Morocco, Spain, France, and the USA.

Keywords

• contagion effects
• extreme value theory
• GARCH-EVT
• optimal tail selection
• value at risk