An examination of the equity market price linkage between Australia and the European Union using leveraged bootstrap method

Abdulnasser Hatemi-J and Eduardo Roca

The European Journal of Finance, 2004, vol. 10, issue 6, 475-488

Abstract: The paper examines the equity market price interaction between Australia and the European Union - represented by the UK, Germany and France - based on the Toda-Yamamoto causality test, which is bootstrapped with leveraged adjustments. A new information criterion is used to choose the optimal lag order. Weekly MSCI data covering the period 1988 to 2001 is used, divided into two subperiods to allow for a structural break arising from the ERM crisis of 1992. Results show that, during the period before the ERM crisis, no significant causal links exist between Australia and any of three EU countries. During the period after the ERM crisis, Australia also had no causal links with Germany and France but it had with the UK, with causality running from the UK to Australia but not vice-versa. Thus, Australian investors may find the German and French, but not the UK, equity markets, attractive venues for their international diversification. German and French, but not British, investors may also obtain the same benefit from the Australian equity market.

Keywords: equity market integration; leveraged bootstrap; causality; European Union (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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