Asymmetric Volatility Connectedness on Forex Markets

39 Pages Posted: 28 Jul 2016 Last revised: 15 Oct 2017

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Jozef Baruník

Charles University in Prague - Department of Economics; Institute of Information Theory and Automation, Prague

Evžen Kočenda

Charles University in Prague - Institute of Economic Studies; Institute of Information Theory and Automation (Czech Academy of Sciences) - Department of Econometrics; CESifo; University of Regensburg - Institute for East and Southeast European Studies; University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - The William Davidson Institute

Lukas Vacha

Institute of Information Theory and Automation, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic; Charles University in Prague - Department of Economics

Date Written: July 27, 2016

Abstract

We show how bad and good volatility propagate through forex markets, i.e., we provide evidence for asymmetric volatility connectedness on forex markets. Using high-frequency, intra-day data of the most actively traded currencies over 2007 -- 2015 we document the dominating asymmetries in spillovers that are due to bad rather than good volatility. We also show that negative spillovers are chiefly tied to the dragging sovereign debt crisis in Europe while positive spillovers are correlated with the subprime crisis, different monetary policies among key world central banks, and developments on commodities markets. It seems that a combination of monetary and real-economy events is behind the net positive asymmetries in volatility spillovers, while fiscal factors are linked with net negative spillovers.

Keywords: volatility, connectedness, spillovers, semivariance, asymmetric effects, forex markets

JEL Classification: C18, C58, E58, F31, G15

Suggested Citation

Barunik, Jozef and Kocenda, Evzen and Vacha, Lukas, Asymmetric Volatility Connectedness on Forex Markets (July 27, 2016). Journal of International Money and Finance, Vol. 77C, 2017, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2815151 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2815151

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Evzen Kocenda

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Lukas Vacha

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