Volatility Spillover Among Stock Markets in Six Asian Countries and the United States

Abstract

This article examines the volatility spillover effects among six Asian country stock markets and the United States. The six Asian countries are India, Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, and Taiwan. This article also investigates whether the volatility spillover effect increased after the 1997 Asian financial crisis. There are statistically significant volatility spillover effects within the stock markets of these countries and that effect dramatically increased after the 1997 Asian financial crisis. Especially, the regionally close five countries Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, and Taiwan experienced more links among them.

Keywords: volatility spillover, GARCH, Asian crisis

JEL Classification: C22, L14