The objective of this study is to analyze how financial connectedness impacts equity markets and potentially raises the cost of equity for firms that are more dependent on the financial sector. We apply the Diebold and Yilmaz (2014) methodology to daily stock prices of the largest 40 U.S....

This paper investigates the occurrence of dependency between foreign exchange markets and stock markets in emerging market (EM) countries by testing volatility spillovers of asset returns using a BEKK GARCH (1,1) model. The author modifies the classical BEKK GARCH model in order to study the...

This paper analyzes stock market volatility for the financial industry after the TARP (Troubled Asset Relief Program) legislation was passed. The purpose of this paper is to determine how TARP money affected short-term volatility of the market. Data for twenty financial companies which used TARP...

An increase in the return of an asset in the financial markets may cause the returns of the remaining assets to fluctuate over time because of the arbitrage conditions. This may also create a spillover or contagion between the volatilities of the assets in the financial markets. This study aimed...