Risk Preferences and Crisis in Tehran Stock Exchange

The capital market plays an important role in the economy of any country and can contribute to economic growth and development by financing the capital needed by manufacturing firms. Given the importance of the capital market, stock prices as the most important component of this market must be closely monitored, as a steady and dramatic decline in stock prices can lead to a crisis in the capital market. One of the key tools of capital market surveillance is an early warning system that can give policymakers pre-crisis warnings to minimize the negative effects of this phenomenon by making timely and accurate decisions. The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of risk preferences in the occurrence of crises in the Tehran Stock Exchange. For this purpose, in this study, firstly, using monthly data from April 2007 to July 2019, investors' risk aversion index was estimated and then this variable, along with other control variables, was used to modeling the capital market crisis. The results showed that the research model is able to predict approximately 78% of crisis situations and 95% of non-crisis situations. Empirical evidence suggests that the key role of investors' preferences for risk in the event of a capital market crisis.