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 …

We develop a new systematic tail risk measure for equity-oriented 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, tail-sensitive stocks as well as options, drive tail risk. Moreover, leverage and …