This paper examines stock market volatility measured by either “beta-volatility” or by the standard deviation of stock returns over 1995–2007. In our dynamic panel data framework, after controlling for size, turnover, and real output growth, we find some support to increases in financial...

This paper examines the impact of the European Monetary Union (EMU) on European public property market integration. Results indicate that the property markets are long-run independent and show little evidence of short-run relationships prior to the formation of the EMU. However, the degree of...

In this paper we analyze whether capital account liberalization leads to higher asset prices. Based on a sample of 242 non-financial firms listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand at the time of the announcement of the relaxation of capital control in Thailand on January 29, 2007, we find...

This paper examines the effectiveness, cause and impact of price limits by comparing cross-listed Chinese stocks in China (A shares), Hong Kong (H shares) and New York (N shares). Price limit is found to have some effectiveness in preventing price continuation, but is ineffective in that the...

This paper investigates the existence of herding in the global equity market. We apply a methodology which utilises cross-country dispersion in index returns. An analysis of national indices world-wide unveils virtually no instances of global information cascades, as price patterns largely...

In this paper we investigate whether the imposition of the unremunerated reserve requirement on capital inflows influences exchange rate volatility and stock prices. Our analysis shows that exchange rate volatility of the Thai baht against four major currencies—the US dollar, the British...

Global stock market investment has highlighted the debate about whether country effects are typically more relevant than sector/industry effects in international stock returns. This paper studies the roles of country and industry effect on several major European financial markets. We find clear...

We investigate the contagion appetite generated by the current debt crisis in Greece by focusing on six European Monetary Union bond markets, namely the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal and France. We use a framework that contains two procedures, a spillover regime/switching model...

This study examines the tracking performance of U.S.-traded International Leveraged Exchanged-traded Funds (ILETFs) that track the following markets: Brazil, China, Europe, Japan, and Mexico. We find that the beta and returns of these ILETFs can deviate dramatically from their naïve expected...

This paper examines the impact of political uncertainty (caused by the civil uprisings in the Arab World i.e., “Arab Spring”) on the volatility of major stock markets in the MENA region. Our main findings are as follows. First, by distinguishing between conventional and Islamic stock market...