The paper considers the problem as to whether financial returns have a common volatility process in the framework of … stochastic volatility models that were suggested by Harvey et al. (1994). We propose a stochastic volatility version of the ARCH … test proposed by Engle and Susmel (1993), who investigated whether international equity markets have a common volatility …

The primary purpose of the paper is to analyze the conditional correlations, conditional covariances, and co-volatility … spillovers between international crude oil and associated financial markets. The paper investigates co-volatility spillovers … (namely, the delayed effect of a returns shock in one physical or financial asset on the subsequent volatility or co-volatility …