Regional stock market integration in Singapore: A multivariate analysis

Frédéric Teulon, Khaled Guesmi and Selim Mankai

Economic Modelling, 2014, vol. 43, issue C, 217-224

Abstract: This paper evaluates the time-varying integration of the Singapore stock market in the ASEAN-5 region based on a conditional version of the International Capital Asset Pricing Model (ICAPM) with c-DCC-FIAPARCH parameters. This model allows for dynamic changes in the degree of market integration, regional market risk premium, regional exchange-rate risk premium, and domestic market risk premium. Our findings show several interesting facts. First, the time-varying degree of integration in the Singapore market is satisfactorily explained by the level of trade openness and the term premium of US interest rates, which have recently tended to increase, however these markets remain substantially segmented from the world market. Second, the local market risk premium is found to explain a significant proportion of the total risk premium for emerging market returns. Our findings illustrate several important implications for portfolio hedgers for making optimal portfolio allocations, engaging in risk management and forecasting future volatility in equity markets. Our results are also of interest for both policymakers and investors, with respect to regional development policies and dedicated portfolio investment strategies in the ASEAN-5 region.

Keywords: Time-varying integration; Emerging markets; ICAPM; Risk premium; c-DCC-FIAPARCH (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2014.07.045

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