Using monthly data from seven mature and emerging markets and a battery of GARCH and EGARCH models, the study of Davis and Kutan (2003) on inflation and output on stock returns and volatility is extended by including interest rate to compare the effect between three mature markets (US, Japan,...

The authors examine the impact of exchange rate volatility on trade in the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) countries from 1995 to 2008 using panel estimations to distinguish differences between disaggregate trade, and examine its threshold effects. Results reveal that exchange rate...

This paper employs bounds test and Unrestricted Error-Correction Model (UECM) approach to construct the Augmented Monetary Conditions Index (AMCI) over the quarterly period 1981:1-2004:4 for Singapore and compares the discrepancies using two different interest rates (i.e., time deposit rate and...