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Equity return volatility in Africa's stock markets : a dynamic panel approach
Aawaar, Godfred; Logogye, Louis; Domeher, Daniel - In: Cogent economics & finance 11 (2023) 2, pp. 1-14
This study examines the determinants of time-varying return volatility of Africa's equity markets using monthly indices … of eight top African stock markets. The conditional variance is modelled as a proxy for Africa's volatility indices using … volatility, the least squares dummy variable bias correction (LSDVC) model is employed. The study finds that volatility of …
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Equity return volatility in Africa's stock markets : a dynamic panel approach
Aawaar, Godfred; Logogye, Louis; Domeher, Daniel - In: Cogent economics & finance 11 (2023) 2, pp. 1-22
This study examines the determinants of time-varying return volatility of Africa's equity markets using monthly indices … of eight top African stock markets. The conditional variance is modelled as a proxy for Africa's volatility indices using … volatility, the least squares dummy variable bias correction (LSDVC) model is employed. The study finds that volatility of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014501255
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The Uncovered Return Parity Condition
Cappiello, Lorenzo; De Santis, Roberto A. - 2021
This paper proposes an equilibrium relationship between expected exchange rate changes and differentials in expected returns on risky assets. We show that when expected returns on a risky asset in a certain economy are higher than the returns that are expected from investing in a risky asset in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316864
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Active currency investing and performance benchmarks
Melvin, Michael; Shand, Duncan - 2010
There are no established benchmarks for evaluating currency investment manager performance. Some analysts have suggested that known investing styles like momentum, purchasing power parity, and carry serve as benchmarks. Challenges for this approach include: there is no market portfolio; there...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003967792
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International Stock Return Differentials and Real Exchange Rate Changes
Malliaropulos, Dimitris - 2022
This article investigates the link between international stock return differentials relative to the US and deviations from relative Purchasing Power Parity. Assuming that the real exchange rate and the relative stock price between two countries contain both permanent and temporary components, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013491880
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Return and Volatility Spillovers Across the Western and MENA Countries
Habibi, Hamidreza; Mohammadi, Hassan - 2022
We use weekly data on returns and range-based volatility over 2005-2017 to examine the degree of interconnectedness in …, 2014). Our findings suggest (a) similar patterns of dynamic spillovers in both returns and in volatility. Both return and … volatility spillover indices experienced significant bursts from 2008 to 2011 coinciding with the U.S.financial crisis. (b …
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The crisis in the foreign exchange market
Melvin, Michael; Taylor, Mark P. - 2009
implications for exchange rates, volatility, returns to currency investing, and transaction costs. This blow-by-blowʺ narrative is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003861767
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Impact of macroeconomic surprises on carry trade activity
Hutchison, Michael M.; Sushko, Vladyslav - 2010
This paper investigates market perceptions of the risk of large exchange rate movements by using information gleaned from risk reversal contracts and macroeconomic news surprises. We focus on the height of the carry trade period in Japan (March 2004 through December 2006). Concerns about sharp...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008698328
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International bond risk premia
Dahlquist, Magnus; Hasseltoft, Henrik - 2011
We identify local and global factors across international bond markets that are poorly spanned by the traditional level, slope and curvature factors but have strong forecasting power for future bond excess returns. Local and global factors are jointly significant predictors of bond returns,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009009483
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A hybrid joint moment ratio test for financial time series
Groenendijk, Patrick A.; Lucas, André; Vries, Casper G. de - 1998
. The methodology is hybrid because it combines a formaltesting procedure with volatility curve pattern recognition based …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011299968