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A cautionary note on computing conditional from unconditional correlations (2009)

Abstract
We show that some care should be exercised when inferring true unconditional correlations from observed conditional correlations, which is a frequent problem in empirical finance and elsewhere. We give a general formula for the relationship between the two and demonstrate its importance in the context of the bivariate t-distribution.

Publication details
Download http://hdl.handle.net/2003/26483
Repository Universität Dortmund - Eldorado (Germany)
Keywords conditional correlation, t-distribution, stock returns, 310, 330, 620
Type Text, report
Language English
Relation Discussion Papers; 8/2009