An Investigation into Mean and Volatility Spill-over effects: the Experience in Emerging Europe

With the returns to mainstream asset classes, such as equities, proving less fruitful than they have been in the past, investors are looking for alternative sources of returns. One such alternative, is emerging markets. Focussing on the European experience, this dissertation attempts to evaluate the...

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Main Author: Hudson, Sam
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2010
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/23825/
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description With the returns to mainstream asset classes, such as equities, proving less fruitful than they have been in the past, investors are looking for alternative sources of returns. One such alternative, is emerging markets. Focussing on the European experience, this dissertation attempts to evaluate the position of emerging markets in a global context. This is done by analysing the mean and volatility spill-over effects from developed to emerging markets. The results from this empirical study suggest that there are minimal mean spill-over effects, although volatility spill-over effects are present. This analysis, in addition to a consideration of market correlations, leads to the conclusion that emerging European countries are currently a portfolio diversification opportunity. However, the dynamic behaviour of market integration suggests that these markets may not provide a diversification opportunity in the long term.
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spelling nottingham-238252017-12-26T08:39:51Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/23825/ An Investigation into Mean and Volatility Spill-over effects: the Experience in Emerging Europe Hudson, Sam With the returns to mainstream asset classes, such as equities, proving less fruitful than they have been in the past, investors are looking for alternative sources of returns. One such alternative, is emerging markets. Focussing on the European experience, this dissertation attempts to evaluate the position of emerging markets in a global context. This is done by analysing the mean and volatility spill-over effects from developed to emerging markets. The results from this empirical study suggest that there are minimal mean spill-over effects, although volatility spill-over effects are present. This analysis, in addition to a consideration of market correlations, leads to the conclusion that emerging European countries are currently a portfolio diversification opportunity. However, the dynamic behaviour of market integration suggests that these markets may not provide a diversification opportunity in the long term. 2010-09-15 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/23825/1/dissertation.pdf Hudson, Sam (2010) An Investigation into Mean and Volatility Spill-over effects: the Experience in Emerging Europe. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] (Unpublished)
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An Investigation into Mean and Volatility Spill-over effects: the Experience in Emerging Europe
title An Investigation into Mean and Volatility Spill-over effects: the Experience in Emerging Europe
title_full An Investigation into Mean and Volatility Spill-over effects: the Experience in Emerging Europe
title_fullStr An Investigation into Mean and Volatility Spill-over effects: the Experience in Emerging Europe
title_full_unstemmed An Investigation into Mean and Volatility Spill-over effects: the Experience in Emerging Europe
title_short An Investigation into Mean and Volatility Spill-over effects: the Experience in Emerging Europe
title_sort investigation into mean and volatility spill-over effects: the experience in emerging europe
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/23825/