The untested assumption of linear relationship between stocks and bonds in previous empirical studies may lead to an invalid conclusion if the actual relationship is non-linear. The emphasis of this paper is on the effect of non-linearities on causal relationships between stocks and bonds in the...

The nonlinearity effect on the relationship between export and economic growth has been highly debated in recent research. In previous literature of export-led growth hypothesis, the possibility of nonlinearity in the relationship has been generally ignored. There were comprehensive studies...

This article investigates empirically both linear and nonlinear relationships between exchange rate volatility and import flows for the United States and Malaysia. Previous empirical work has neglected nonlinear relationships, focusing instead on linear causal relationships between exchange rate...

This study investigates the 'day of the week' effect and the 'twist of the Monday' effect for Kuala Lumpur Composite Index for the period May 2000 to June 2006. Our empirical results find support for the Monday effect in that Monday exhibits a negative mean return (-0.09%) and represents the...