Regime-switching behavior in the conditional volatility of mena stock market returns

Joint Authors

Bahloul, Salah
Abd, Fathi

Source

Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series

Issue

Vol. 2012, Issue 680-744 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-16, 16 p.

Publisher

Economic Research Forum for the Arab Countries Iran and Turkey

Publication Date

2012-12-31

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

16

Main Subjects

Economy and Commerce

Topics

Abstract AR

الھدف من ھذه الورقة ھو دراسة سلوك التذبذب في 11 سوق للأسهم في بلدان الشرق الأوسط و شمال إفريقيا باستخدام نموذج ماركوف لتبادیل نظام الثلاث الحالات خلال الفترة من 30 أكتوبر 2006 الى 21 أكتوبر 2011.

نجد أنه یمكن وصف تقلبات أسواق الأوراق المالیة في بلدان الشرق الأوسط و شمال أفریقیا من قبل ثلاثة أنظمة : فترة هدوء مع تقلب منخفض من نظام الاضطراب، ارتفاع في معدل التذبذب من التقلب و أخیرا نظام أزمة مع تقلبات عالیة للغایة.

الى جانب ذلك, فان آثار السببیة جرانجر من المؤشر العالمي MSCI لأسواق الأوراق المالیة في بلدان الشرق الأوسط و شمال أفریقیا ھي الأقوى و ذات دلالة إحصائیة خاصة في نظام الأزمات.

Abstract EN

The objective of this paper is to investigate the behavior of the time varying volatility in eleven MENA countries’ stock market using a three-state Markov regime-switching model over the period from October 30, 2006 to October 21, 2011.

We find that MENA stock market volatility can be characterized by three regimes: tranquil period with low volatility of volatility, turmoil regime with high volatility of volatility and crisis regime with extremely high volatility of volatility.

Besides, the Granger causation effects from the MSCI World index to MENA stock markets are stronger and statistically significant especially in crisis regime.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Bahloul, Salah& Abd, Fathi. 2012. Regime-switching behavior in the conditional volatility of mena stock market returns. Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series،Vol. 2012, no. 680-744, pp.1-16.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-300975

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Bahloul, Salah& Abd, Fathi. Regime-switching behavior in the conditional volatility of mena stock market returns. Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series No. 680-744 (2012), pp.1-16.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-300975

American Medical Association (AMA)

Bahloul, Salah& Abd, Fathi. Regime-switching behavior in the conditional volatility of mena stock market returns. Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 680-744, pp.1-16.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-300975

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes appendices : p. 10-16

Record ID

BIM-300975