The paper addresses the empirical application of cointegration analysis to four important macroeconomic variables: narrow money (M1), incomes, prices and interest rates in the U.S. during the turmoil period of last decade. Unit root and longmemory tests support the appropriateness of the...

In this work we empirically assess the weak and strong forms of Purchasing Power, Parity (PPP) hypothesis for the economies of Japan and US. Monthly data for the, traded-goods price indices and the JPY/USD exchange rate are employed for the, period from January 2000 to October 2012. This period...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate empirically contagion channels of the 2007 US subprime financial crisis by employing a multivariate GARCH model for four major, international equity markets, namely the USA, EMU, China and Japan.Design/methodology/approach – In this...

Purpose: This paper aims to investigate the contagion effects of stock and FX markets for the USA and European monetary union (EMU) during the US subprime crisis of 2007-2009.Design/methodology/approach: The data sample is daily comprising a weighted Morgan Stanley Capital Index (MSCI) for US...