In this paper we will be estimating risk-neutral densities (RND) for the largest euro area stock market (the index of which is the German DAX), reporting their statistical properties, and evaluating their forecasting performance. We have applied an innovative test procedure to a new, rich, and...

The intention of the present work is to evaluate long-run relations in the stock markets of six Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru) and the United States stock market, by means of a model in which a cointegration relation exists between the principals...

This paper investigate whether the effects of U.S. news announcements has influence on liquidity commonality during financial crisis periods. We construct a market-wide liquidity risk in the foreign exchange market by using Generalized Dynamic Factor Model (GDFM) model. We show that strong...

The aim of this paper is to analyze the occurrence of the so called day of the week effects in market return time series from the period of January 2003 to September 2013 (and additionally January 1999 to December 2002). The study focuses on four indices of the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WIG, WIG20,...

This paper examines quantile dependence and directional predictability between the foreign exchange market and the stock market in Korea. Instead of adopting a multivariate model such as a vector autoregressive model, a multivariate GARCH model or a combination of both models, we apply the...

This paper analyzes return spillovers from the US to stock markets in Asia by means of quantile regressions. Traditional studies consider spillovers as effects of the conditional means of foreign returns onto the conditional means of chronologically succeeding domestic markets' returns. We, by...

This paper examines the relationship between stock market returns and selected macroeconomic variables and examine the impact of macroeconomic uncertainty on stock market volatility in Sri Lankan stock market. Interest rate, inflation, money supply and exchange rate are selected as a set of...

This paper tests whether the conditional CAPM can explain size, book-to-market, momentum and illiquidity effects utilizing data from the Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE). The conditional CAPM mostly fails for these standard asset pricing anomalies with statistically significant risk-adjusted...

We investigate the impact of monetary policy announcements on stock market volatility in the U.S., Canada, Japan, the U.K., Germany, France and Italy during the 2006-2016 period. More specifically, we study the impact of policy rate and quantitative easing announcements of domestic and foreign...