This study deals with the issue whether gold actually exhibits the function of a hedge or a safe haven as often referred to in the media and academia. In order to test the Baur and Lucey (2010) hypotheses, we contribute to the existing literature by the augmentation of their model to a smooth...

We introduce a financial network approach to quantify the impact of counterparty risk on firms' daily market risk, measured via conditional volatility. Translating conditional volatility into a value-at-risk (VaR) framework allows us to identify extreme losses beyond an estimated loss limit and...