Measuring quantile dependence and testing directional predictability between Bitcoin, altcoins and traditional financial assets

CORBET, S., KATSIAMPA, Paraskevi and LAU, C.K.M. (2020). Measuring quantile dependence and testing directional predictability between Bitcoin, altcoins and traditional financial assets. International Review of Financial Analysis, 71, p. 101571.

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Abstract

© 2020 The Authors This paper studies causal relationships and the potential of improving conditional quantile forecasting between Bitcoin and seven altcoin markets as well as between Bitcoin and three mainstream assets, namely gold, oil, and the S&P500, by applying the Granger-causality in distribution and in quantiles tests. We find significant bidirectional causality between Bitcoin and all altcoins and assets considered in the two distribution tails. An enhanced forecast of Bitcoin price returns is thus derived by conditioning on altcoins or assets and vice versa during extreme market conditions. However, under normal market conditions the results for the centre of the distribution of the Bitcoin price returns conditional on altcoins depend on both the altcoin considered and quantile under investigation. We also find evidence that Bitcoin is not isolated from financial markets, while this developing financial asset is a strong safe-haven for oil and a weak safe-haven for S&P500, but it cannot be considered as either a weak or strong safe-haven for gold. Our results reveal a more complete relationship between Bitcoin and altcoins as well as financial assets than was previously considered.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: 1501 Accounting, Auditing and Accountability; 1502 Banking, Finance and Investment; 1801 Law; Finance
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2020.101571
Page Range: p. 101571
SWORD Depositor: Symplectic Elements
Depositing User: Symplectic Elements
Date Deposited: 29 Oct 2020 17:26
Last Modified: 17 Mar 2021 21:30
URI: https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/27512

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