Research Article

Asymmetric Risk Spillover Networks and Risk Contagion Driver in Chinese Financial Markets: The Perspective of Economic Policy Uncertainty

Table 1

Descriptive statistics of variables.

BankSecuritiesInsuranceEstateDiversified finance

Mean0.00980.0048−0.00030.00890.0105
Median−0.0172−0.01880.01830.0228−0.0090
Maximum4.14784.13944.14694.08454.1455
Minimum−4.5626−4.5761−4.5764−4.2359−4.5758
Std. dev.0.79691.15281.02480.91980.9884
Skewness0.0194−0.0378−0.5070−0.4888−0.0063
Kurtosis7.88555.69116.12965.75155.8542

Static correlation matrix

Bank1.00000.71600.81010.68450.6420
Securities0.71601.00000.75300.75030.7997
Insurance0.81010.75301.00000.66990.6454
Estate0.68450.75030.66991.00000.7555
Diversified finance0.64200.79970.64540.75551.0000