This study investigates the comovement across China, Hong Kong, and U.S. stock markets with the dynamic conditional correlation (DCC) model proposed in Engle (2002). This study answers three questions. First, will the policies of the Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors system (QFII) and...

Global stock markets react positively when different phases of human clinical trials on COVID-19 vaccine candidates begin. The average increase in stock market returns on day one of the trials is 15.2 basis points, and this estimate is both economically and statistically significant. The market...

The U.S. stock market has long been the most popular venue for both foreign companies and global investors. The recent cross-border regulation tensions between the U.S. and China, however, have exposed many U.S.-listed China Concepts Stocks (CCS) to substantial de-listing risks, forcing them to...

We exploit a unique dataset of country-specific military expenditures and construct a proxy for international instability, measured as the growth of the global military expenditure to GDP ratio, to capture political tensions and international conflicts. Using the market indices of 44 countries,...

We use carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions growth to measure consumption risk within a consumption-based capital asset pricing model (CCAPM) framework. Given the comprehensive worldwide coverage of CO2 emissions, this measure allows us to use the full history of stock market data in the United...

As part of its unconventional monetary policy, since 2010 the Bank of Japan (BOJ) has purchased equity index exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The total purchased amount reached 3% of GDP and the bank has become among the largest shareholders in over 40% of listed companies. Because of the reduction...