Year
2015
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
Department
Faculty of Business
Recommended Citation
Sayani, Hameedah, Investigating cross-market interdependence in frontier markets, Doctor of Philosophy thesis, Faculty of Business, University of Wollongong, 2015. https://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/4632
Abstract
The primary aim of this thesis is to quantify the magnitude, direction and duration of conditional returns and volatility spillovers between the financial markets of Pakistan and those of its key trade partners. Accordingly, this thesis 1) examines the impact of the financial crisis of 2008 on all markets under consideration, 2) measures cross-market returns and volatility spillovers across groups of countries categorized according to country classification and geographical proximity to Pakistan, 3) quantifies interaction of returns and volatility between pairs of countries, and 4) evaluates whether the magnitude of spillovers differs in pre-crisis, crisis, and post-crisis periods.
This thesis contributes empirically to the finance literature in several ways. First, it provides insight into the interaction of conditional returns and volatility across developed, emerging and frontier markets. Second, it enhances our understanding of peculiar behavior of returns and volatility spillovers in frontier markets in general and of Pakistan in particular. Third, it facilitates greater understanding of interaction between Pakistan’s financial market and those of its key trade partners and markets within close geographical proximity. Lastly, the extended application of the Spillovers Index on countries classified under developed, emerging, and frontier markets, and based on geographical proximity makes a valuable contribution as it facilitates understanding of asymmetric responses of various markets to foreign events and shocks.
FoR codes (2008)
1502 BANKING, FINANCE AND INVESTMENT, 1499 OTHER ECONOMICS
Unless otherwise indicated, the views expressed in this thesis are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the University of Wollongong.