Contemporaneous Spillover Effects between the U.S. and the U.K. Equity Markets

We use high frequency data and the “identification through heteroskedasticity” approach of Rigobon (2003) to capture the contemporaneous volatility spillover effects between the U.S. and U.K. equity markets. We demonstrate the relevance of taking into account the information present during simultane...

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Published in:The Financial review (Buffalo, N.Y.) N.Y.), 2017-02, Vol.52 (1), p.145-166
Main Authors: Finta, Marinela Adriana, Frijns, Bart, Tourani‐Rad, Alireza
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
C32
C58
contemporaneous spillovers
Economic models
identification through heteroskedasticity
Regression analysis
Volatility
volatility spillovers
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Summary:We use high frequency data and the “identification through heteroskedasticity” approach of Rigobon (2003) to capture the contemporaneous volatility spillover effects between the U.S. and U.K. equity markets. We demonstrate the relevance of taking into account the information present during simultaneous trading hours by comparing the results generated by our structural vector autoregression with those of a traditional reduced‐form vector autoregression. Our findings clearly demonstrate that contemporaneous relations matter and that ignoring them leads to inappropriate conclusions regarding the magnitude and direction of volatility spillover.
ISSN:0732-8516
1540-6288
DOI:10.1111/fire.12116