Predicting Hedge Fund failure : the role of risk across time

This study focuses on the relation between the risk profile of a hedge fund and its probability to fail. We propose to model the failure event using survival analysis through a Cox Hazards Model while incorporating piecewise effects in the risk covariate. Empirical results suggest that there has bee...

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Main Author: Gaspar, Francisco Guilherme Nazaré (author)
Format: masterThesis
Language:eng
Published: 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/18749
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ucp.pt:10400.14/18749