Interdependence Among the Asian Pacific Stock Market During the Asian Financial Crisis

ICFAI Journal of Applied Economics, Vol. 6, No. 5, 2007

Posted: 29 Mar 2007

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Wan Mansor Mahmood

Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)

Marlinda Ali

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Abstract

This paper examines the short-run and long-run price interdependence among the Asian Pacific equity markets in the period surrounding the Asian financial crisis. The daily data from January 1997 to December 2000 composed of value weighted equity market indices for Malaysian, Japan, Hong Kong and Australia are used. The unit root test, cointergration test, error correction model and the causality tests are conducted to examine the relationship among these markets. Our results show that there is a stationary long-run relationship and a significant short-run causal linkage for certain cases among Asian Pacific equity markets. Furthermore, the long-run interdependence has strengthened since the onset of the crises. The causal relationships that exist between the developed, and emerging equity markets, suggest that opportunities for international portfolio diversification in Asian Pacific equity markets still exist.

Keywords: Asian Pacific equity markets, Interdependence, Granger causality, financial crisis

JEL Classification: C32, G00

Suggested Citation

Wan Mahmood, Wan Mansor and Ali, Marlinda, Interdependence Among the Asian Pacific Stock Market During the Asian Financial Crisis. ICFAI Journal of Applied Economics, Vol. 6, No. 5, 2007, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=974960

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