Russia. The adopted framework allows to analyse interdependence by estimating volatility spillovers, and also contagion by … testing for possible shifts in the transmission of volatility following the introduction of the euro and EU accession. Further …. Furthermore, whilst the introduction of the euro has had mixed effects, EU accession has resulted in an increase in volatility …

American (LA) countries and the four largest economies in the world (namely the US, the Euro area, Japan and China) over the …

The aim of this paper is to provide some new empirical evidence on the determinants of volatility of real exchange … and monetary) can account for volatility of real exchange rates in emerging economies, with international financial …

, volatility, and cross-market GARCH-in-mean effects. Hypotheses about the importance of different channels are tested. The results …

Gold and Silver. Volatility spillovers are bigger in size and affect most commodity returns. Both first and second moment … financial assets, are sensitive to macro news (especially their volatility), and also suggest that the global financial crisis …

. Positive (negative) news have significant positive (negative) effects on stock returns in all cases. Their volatility has a … significant impact on both stock returns and volatility; specifically, an increase in news volatility is always associated with a …

This paper investigates the effects of equity and bond portfolio inflows on exchange rate volatility, using monthly … probability Markov-switching model. We find that net equity (bond) inflows drive the exchange rate to a high (low) volatility … state. In particular, net bond inflows increase the probability of remaining in the low volatility state in the case of …