This paper examines the conditional time-varying currency betas from five developed markets and four emerging markets. We employ a modified trivariate BEKK-GARCH-in-mean model of Engle and Kroner (1995) to estimate the time-varying conditional variance and covariance of returns of stock index,...

Most studies of exchange rate exposure of stock returns do not address three relevant aspects simultaneously. They are, namely: sensitivity of stock returns to exchange rate changes; sensitivity of volatility of stock returns to volatility of changes in foreign exchange market; and the...

Purpose - The study aims to analyze and compare the influence of country-specific fundamentals and global conditions on sovereign risk of Sri Lanka within the sample period of 2006-2019 while employing Treasury bond rates as proxy for sovereign risk. Design/methodology/approach - The determinant...

Fisher Hypothesis implies a one-to-one long-term relationship between nominal interest rate and inflation. Though this one-to-one relationship does not hold in most of the financial markets, there exists strong evidence for a partial relationship between the two variables. This study inquires...

With increased movement of investments across international boundaries owing to the integration of world economies, the understanding of efficiency of the emerging markets is also gaining greater importance. This paper investigates the weak form efficiency of the Colombo Stock Ex-change by...

The important status of the commercial banking sector in the financial environment of the economy has encouraged the researchers to inquire into the determinants of bank efficiency. This study focuses on two aspects related to bank efficiency in Sri Lanka. One is to identify the influence of...

This paper examines the conditional time‐varying currency betas from five developed markets and four emerging markets. We employ a modified trivariate BEKK‐GARCH‐in‐mean model of Engle and Kroner (1995) to estimate the time‐varying conditional variance and covariance of returns of...