Is the Price of Gold to Gold Mining Stocks Asymmetric?

17 Pages Posted: 28 Apr 2016 Last revised: 23 Oct 2016

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Jonathan A. Batten

RMIT University

Cetin Ciner

University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Arman Kosedag

Berry College - Department of Accounting and Finance

Brian M. Lucey

Trinity Business School, Trinity College Dublin; Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics; Abu Dhabi University - College of Business Administration; Ho Chi Minh City University of Economics and Finance

Date Written: October 13, 2016

Abstract

If an asymmetric relation exists between the prices of gold and gold mining stocks, then these firms possess real option characteristics, and therefore, a premium should be added to their valuation. This article examines this proposition, by firstly, using quantile regressions, which are ideally suited to examine asymmetries, and secondly, by accounting for endogenously determined structural breaks in the data. Our findings provide no support for an asymmetric relation. Furthermore, we also show that out-of-sample forecasting shows there is no causality from the gold price to the prices of those gold mining shares used in the sample.

Keywords: Asymmetric relation; Gold price; Gold Mining Firms; Real Options; Corporate Valuation

JEL Classification: G30, G31, O13

Suggested Citation

Batten, Jonathan A. and Ciner, Cetin and Kosedag, Arman and Lucey, Brian M., Is the Price of Gold to Gold Mining Stocks Asymmetric? (October 13, 2016). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2770966 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2770966

Jonathan A. Batten

RMIT University ( email )

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Melbourne, Victoria
Australia

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Cetin Ciner

University of North Carolina at Wilmington ( email )

Wilmington, NC 28403
United States

Arman Kosedag

Berry College - Department of Accounting and Finance ( email )

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United States

Brian M. Lucey (Contact Author)

Trinity Business School, Trinity College Dublin ( email )

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Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics ( email )

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Vietnam

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