Branger, Nicole; Kraft, Holger; Meinerding, Christoph - Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Goethe … - 2009
Stocks are exposed to the risk of sudden downward jumps. Additionally, a crash in one stock (or index) can increase the risk of crashes in other stocks (or indices). Our pape explicitly takes this contagion risk into account and studies its impact on the portfolio decision of a CRRA investor...