Volatility spillovers among global stock markets : measuring total and directional effects

Borradores de Economia
Number: 
983
Published: 
Classification JEL: 
G01, G15, C32
Keywords: 
Human capital agglomeration, Social returns, Private returns, Externalities, Uncertainty, Fiscal policy

In this study we construct volatility spillover indexes for some of the major stock market indexes in the world. We use a DCC-GARCH framework for modelling the multivariate relationships of volatility among markets. Extending the framework of Diebold and