We hypothesize that the 2003 decrease in individual tax rates on dividends and capital gains should have been followed by a decline in the cost of capital and increased volatility, especially for dividend paying firms. We observe a significantly positive increase in the volatility of daily...

Our aim is to investigate the sensitivity of financial sector stock returns to market, interest rate, and exchange rate risk in three financial sectors (financial services, banking, and insurance) in eight countries, including various European, the US, and China economies, over the period...

This study examines money market and foreign exchange market dynamics in Nigeria by estimating the dynamic correlation and volatility spillovers between Nigeria Naira/US Dollar Bureau De Change (BDC) exchange rate and interbank call rate with data from January 2007 to August 2019. The study...