Table III.

The Hill tail index estimator) α^k for the left and right tails

AssetMean/medianLeft-tail exponentRight-tail exponent
α^2.5%α^5%α^10%α^2.5%α^5%α^10%
rXMean3.553.603.502.793.183.37
Median3.563.633.352.793.093.21
rZMean3.573.623.512.793.193.39
Median3.603.633.392.783.133.25

Notes:

The table reports the estimates of the mean and the median of the Hill tail index estimators) α^k for k ∈ {2.5, 5, 10} per cent of the smallest (left-tail) and largest (right-tail) returns of the two markets; computations are based on 1,000 time series, each containing 5,000 observations

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