Do benchmark African equity indices exhibit the stylized facts?
This paper investigates if benchmark African equity indices exhibit the stylized facts reported for financial time series returns. The returns distributions of the Africa All-Share, Large, Medium and Small Company Indices were found to be leptokurtotic, had fat-tails, over time experienced volatility clustering and exhibited long memory in volatility. Both the All-Share and Large Company Indices were found to exhibit leverage effects. In contrast, positive shocks had a greater impact on future volatility for the Small Company Index which implies a reverse leverage effect. This finding could reflect a bull/bubble market for small capitalisation stocks in Africa.
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2010
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Authors: | Li, Youwei ; Hamill, Philip A. ; Opong, Kwaku K. |
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Global Finance Journal. - Elsevier, ISSN 1044-0283. - Vol. 21.2010, 1, p. 71-97
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Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Keywords: | Africa All-Share Index Stylized facts GARCH Fat-tails Long memory |
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