Co-movement of the Greek Stock Market with four major Eurozone stock markets before & after the financial crisis: A co-integration approach

In this study we examine the co-movement between the Greek, German, French, Italian and Spanish equity market before and after the financial crisis of 2007-2008, by applying co-integration analysis. The empirical results indicate one co-integrating vector amongthe five Eurozone equity markets for bo...

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Main Author: Kotronaros, Konstantinos
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2011
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/25036/
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description In this study we examine the co-movement between the Greek, German, French, Italian and Spanish equity market before and after the financial crisis of 2007-2008, by applying co-integration analysis. The empirical results indicate one co-integrating vector amongthe five Eurozone equity markets for both periods, implying that the five markets share in both periods a long-run equilibrium. Thesefindings have some significant implications for European-oriented portfolio diversification because the traditional techniques based on correlations lose their effectiveness in the presence of co-integration. Furthermore, we investigate the short-run casual relationships between the five markets to assess if the financial crisis changed these relationships and to determine which markets have a short-run significant effect on the others.We found that in the short-run there are significant casual relationships, as well as deviationsfrom the long-run equilibrium, especially after the financial crisis.Hence, investors with short investment horizons could achieve high returns across these five markets. Keywords: Co-integration analysis; Financial Crisis 2007-2008; Portfolio diversification; Casual relationships.
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spelling nottingham-250362022-03-21T16:09:39Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/25036/ Co-movement of the Greek Stock Market with four major Eurozone stock markets before & after the financial crisis: A co-integration approach Kotronaros, Konstantinos In this study we examine the co-movement between the Greek, German, French, Italian and Spanish equity market before and after the financial crisis of 2007-2008, by applying co-integration analysis. The empirical results indicate one co-integrating vector amongthe five Eurozone equity markets for both periods, implying that the five markets share in both periods a long-run equilibrium. Thesefindings have some significant implications for European-oriented portfolio diversification because the traditional techniques based on correlations lose their effectiveness in the presence of co-integration. Furthermore, we investigate the short-run casual relationships between the five markets to assess if the financial crisis changed these relationships and to determine which markets have a short-run significant effect on the others.We found that in the short-run there are significant casual relationships, as well as deviationsfrom the long-run equilibrium, especially after the financial crisis.Hence, investors with short investment horizons could achieve high returns across these five markets. Keywords: Co-integration analysis; Financial Crisis 2007-2008; Portfolio diversification; Casual relationships. 2011-09 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/25036/1/Konstantinos_Kotronaros-Thesis.pdf Kotronaros, Konstantinos (2011) Co-movement of the Greek Stock Market with four major Eurozone stock markets before & after the financial crisis: A co-integration approach. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] (Unpublished)
spellingShingle Kotronaros, Konstantinos
Co-movement of the Greek Stock Market with four major Eurozone stock markets before & after the financial crisis: A co-integration approach
title Co-movement of the Greek Stock Market with four major Eurozone stock markets before & after the financial crisis: A co-integration approach
title_full Co-movement of the Greek Stock Market with four major Eurozone stock markets before & after the financial crisis: A co-integration approach
title_fullStr Co-movement of the Greek Stock Market with four major Eurozone stock markets before & after the financial crisis: A co-integration approach
title_full_unstemmed Co-movement of the Greek Stock Market with four major Eurozone stock markets before & after the financial crisis: A co-integration approach
title_short Co-movement of the Greek Stock Market with four major Eurozone stock markets before & after the financial crisis: A co-integration approach
title_sort co-movement of the greek stock market with four major eurozone stock markets before & after the financial crisis: a co-integration approach
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/25036/