Macroeconomic Volatility and Stock Market Volatility, Worldwide

35 Pages Posted: 27 Aug 2008 Last revised: 29 Dec 2022

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Francis X. Diebold

University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Kamil Yilmaz

Koc University

Date Written: August 2008

Abstract

Notwithstanding its impressive contributions to empirical financial economics, there remains a significant gap in the volatility literature, namely its relative neglect of the connection between macroeconomic fundamentals and asset return volatility. We progress by analyzing a broad international cross section of stock markets covering approximately forty countries. We find a clear link between macroeconomic fundamentals and stock market volatilities, with volatile fundamentals translating into volatile stock markets.

Suggested Citation

Diebold, Francis X. and Yilmaz, Kamil, Macroeconomic Volatility and Stock Market Volatility, Worldwide (August 2008). NBER Working Paper No. w14269, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1248930

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