This paper explores two issues in beta estimation, specifically, time variation and thin trading. In a multivariate GARCH approach, the paper conducts an analysis of the importance of assumptions made about the correlation structure in the multivariate GARCH model. The results of Monte Carlo...

In this paper we investigate the empirical performance of an alternative beta risk estimator, which is designed to be superior to its conventional counterparts in situations of extreme thin trading. The estimator used is based on the sample selectivity model. The study compares the resultant...