volatility spillovers during global financial crisis and tranquil periods. The resulting market interconnectedness is depicted by … between markets and somewhat weaker temporal effects with regard to the US equity market - volatility spillovers decrease when … markets are characterized by greater temporal proximity. Volatility spillovers also present a high degree of …

This study examines the reaction of four major equity markets of the world to the US equity market fear index, i ….e., the Chicago Board of Trade Volatility Index (VIX). The VIX is designed to perform as a leading indicator of the volatility … estimation show that, in the first and second subperiods that cover from 6/2013 through 5/2016, equity market volatility in the …