This paper comprehensively discusses the dynamic relationship between commodities and commodity currencies, particularly during the U.S. quantitative easing (QEs), by integrating the generalized spillover index into a fractionally integrated VAR (FIVAR) model. Our empirical analyses reach the...

This paper explores whether volatility linkages exist at the intra-daily frequency in the foreign exchange market, and whether market trading hours affect volatility transmission. To answer these questions, we apply the Fleming, Kirby and Ostdiek model (1998) to 21 currency pairs using hourly...

The aim of this paper is to examine the effect that the increase in integration, culminating in the introduction of the euro currency, had on returns volatility across the different members of the currency union. We analyse the twelve countries that adopted the euro in January 2002, over the...