Discussion Paper
No. 2007-35 | August 06, 2007
Giorgio Canarella, Sunil K. Sapra and Stephen K. Pollard
Asymmetry and Spillover Effects in the North American Equity Markets

Abstract

In this paper we extend the standard shock spillover model of Bekaert and Harvey (1997), Baele (2003) and Ng (2000) to account for asymmetries of return and volatility spillover effects from the US equity market into Canada and Mexico. Unlike previous research, we model the conditional volatility of the returns in each of the three markets using the asymmetric power model of Ding, Granger and Engle (1993). The empirical results indicate that volatility spillover effects, but not mean spillover effects, exhibit an asymmetric behavior, with negative shocks from the US equity market impacting on the conditional volatility of the Canadian and Mexican equity markets more deeply than positive shocks.

JEL Classification:

C32, C53, F31, G15

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[Please cite the corresponding journal article] Giorgio Canarella, Sunil K. Sapra, and Stephen K. Pollard (2007). Asymmetry and Spillover Effects in the North American Equity Markets. Economics Discussion Papers, No 2007-35, Kiel Institute for the World Economy. http://www.economics-ejournal.org/economics/discussionpapers/2007-35


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September 07, 2007 - 13:40
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Giorgio Canarella - Responses to Referee Reports
September 12, 2007 - 10:05
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