Does U.S. macroeconomic news make emerging financial markets riskier?

This study analyzes the impacts of US macroeconomic announcement surprises on the volatility of twelve emerging stock markets by employing asymmetric GJR-GARCH model. The model includes both positive and negative surprises about inflation and unemployment rate announcements in the U.S. We find that...

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Main Authors: Esin Cakan, Nadia Doytch, Kamal P. Upadhyaya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-03-01
Series:Borsa Istanbul Review
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214845014000428