We develop a new tail risk measure for hedge funds to examine the impact of tail risk on fund performance and to … identify the sources of tail risk. We find that tail risk affects the cross-sectional variation in fund returns, and … investments in both, tailsensitive stocks as well as options, drive tail risk. Moreover, managerial incentives and discretion as …

set of fund characteristics, we document a robust and significant negative risk premium for VOV exposure in the cross … of hedge funds is distinct from that of mutual funds and is consistent with the dynamic trading of hedge funds and risk …

robust and significant negative risk premium for VOV exposure in the crosssection of hedge fund returns. We further show that … uncertainty in the market is less. Furthermore, the variation in the VOV betas is consistent with the risk-taking incentives of …