The Increasing Impact of Spain on the Equity Markets of Brazil, Chile and Mexico

Andres Rivas, Rahul Verma, Antonio Rodriguez and Pedro Albuquerque
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Andres Rivas: Primerica
Rahul Verma: University of Houston
Antonio Rodriguez: UREP - Unité Mixte de Recherche sur l'Ecosystème Prairial - UMR - VAS - VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement, INIA-CISA - Centro de Investigacion en Sanidad Animal - INIA - Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria = National Institute for Agricultural and Food Research and Technology

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Abstract: Purpose: The article examines stock index price responses in Brazil, Chile, and Mexico to those in the US, Spain, and four European countries during three sub-periods surrounding the neoliberal reforms of the 1990s: 1988 to 1994, 1995 to 1998, and 1999 to 2004. Design/methodology/approach: The methodology is empirical and uses time series analysis, in particular impulse response functions (IRFs) derived using vector autoregression (VAR) models. Main Findings: It finds that equity markets became more interconnected as countries opened to international trade and capital flows and that there was an increasing impact of Spain on Latin American equity markets. Stronger economic linkages (more trade and foreign direct investment) between Spain and these countries, especially in Brazil, seem to explain increased equity market interconnectedness. Research limitations/implications: The study limitations are, in general, the same that apply to the VAR methodology, and in particular, to missing control variables or to possible bias in the selection of the subsample periods used as historical benchmarks. Originality/value: To our knowledge, no other work showed that there was an increasing impact of Spain on Latin American equity markets during the neoliberal reform period by using IRFs and VAR models.

Keywords: Latin America; Spain; Stock markets interdependence; VAR modeling; Emerging markets (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-09-30
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Published in International Journal of Social Sciences and Economic Review, 2023, pp.08-20. ⟨10.36923/ijsser.v5i3.224⟩

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DOI: 10.36923/ijsser.v5i3.224

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