Flavin, Thomas and Hurley, Margaret J. and Rousseau, Fabrice (2001) Explaining Stock Market Correlation: A Gravity Model Approach. UNSPECIFIED. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

A gravity model, frequently used to explain trade patterns, is used to explain stock market correlations. The main relult of the trade literature is that geography matters for goods markets. Physical location and traading costs should be less of an issue in asset markets. However we find that geographical variables still matter when examining equity market linkages. In particular, the number of overlapping opening hours and sharing a common border tends to increase cross-country stock market correlation. These relults may stem from asymmetrical information and investor sentiment, lending some empirical support for these elplanations of the international diversification puzzle.

Item Type:	Other
Additional Information:	N110/11/01
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics, Finance and Accounting
Item ID:	87
Depositing User:	Thomas Flavin
Date Deposited:	07 Jul 2003
Refereed:	No
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Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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