Chinese A- and H– share markets operate in different institutional environments (emerging/developing v.s. developed) and thus may have different tail risk properties. This paper focuses on the analysis of heavy-tailedness properties of these two markets using recently developed robust inference methods. The equality of tail indices of returns for A and H dual-listed companies cannot be rejected, and some A- and H– share returns may have infinite second moments. Their heavy-tailedness properties did not change significantly with respect to the 2008 financial crisis and the date when the corresponding company starts to be dual-listed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)115-141
Number of pages27
JournalEmerging Markets Review
Volume38
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2019

    Research areas

  • A- and H-share markets, China, Crises, Emerging markets, Financial returns, Heavy-tailedness

    Scopus subject areas

  • Business and International Management
  • Economics and Econometrics

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