Keywords

stock market crises, international investors, stock co-movement

Abstract

We provide empirical evidence that stock market crises are spread globally through asset holdings of international investors. By separating emerging market stocks into two categories, namely, those that are eligible for purchase by foreigners (accessible) and those that are not (inaccessible), we estimate and compare the degree to which accessible and inaccessible stock index returns co-move with crisis country index returns. Our results show greater co-movement during high volatility periods, especially for accessible stock index returns, suggesting that crises spread through the asset holdings of international investors rather than through changes in fundamentals.

Original Publication Citation

How do Crises Spread? Evidence from Accessible and Inaccessible Stock Indices (with Kathy Yuan and Tomomi Kumagai), 2006, Journal of Finance, 61, 957-1003.

Document Type

Peer-Reviewed Article

Publication Date

2006

Publisher

Journal of Finance

Language

English

College

Marriott School of Business

Department

Finance

University Standing at Time of Publication

Associate Professor

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