Impact of futures on comovements for UK cross-listed equities

This paper uses La Porta et al.'s [La Porta, R., De Silanes, F.L., Shleifer, A., Vishny, R.W., 1998. Law and finance. Journal of Political Economy 106 (6), 1113–1155] capital markets regulatory classification to analyse the impact of information contained in various futures contracts on the mag...

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Published in:Research in international business and finance 2008-06, Vol.22 (2), p.145-161
Main Authors: Koulakiotis, Athanasios, Katrakilidis, Constantinos, Chionis, Dionysios
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Comovements
GARCH
Regulatory differences
Volatility spillovers
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Summary:This paper uses La Porta et al.'s [La Porta, R., De Silanes, F.L., Shleifer, A., Vishny, R.W., 1998. Law and finance. Journal of Political Economy 106 (6), 1113–1155] capital markets regulatory classification to analyse the impact of information contained in various futures contracts on the magnitude and persistence of volatility spillovers between markets. The focus here is to examine the impact of futures contracts on comovement between markets. We examine the behavior of foreign cross-listed shares that have listed in different regulatory environments. In particular, the paper analyses spillover effects between foreign cross-listings in tougher, similar and more lax regulatory environments with respect to the relevant domestic indices (FTSE100) and also with the home portfolios of cross-listed equities in the UK. We find that futures variables have a significant impact on the magnitude and persistence of volatility spillovers between markets.
ISSN:0275-5319
1878-3384
DOI:10.1016/j.ribaf.2007.01.002