Explaining movements in UK stock prices: How important is the US market?

N Aslanidis, Denise Osborn and Marianne Sensier ()

Centre for Growth and Business Cycle Research Discussion Paper Series from Economics, The University of Manchester

Abstract: This paper provides evidence on the causes of movements in monthly UK stock prices, examining the role of macroeconomic and financial variables in a nonlinear framework. We allow for time-varying effects through the use of smooth transition models. We find that past changes in the dividend yield are an important transition variable, with current US stock market price changes providing a second nonlinear influence. This model explains the declines in the UK market since 2000, whereas a competing model excluding current US prices does not. The conclusion is that the principal explanation of recent declines in the UK lies in the nonlinear influence of declines in the US, and not the domestic economic environment.

Keywords: regime-switching models smooth transition autoregressive models; linearity tests; model evaluation; financial time series (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 42 pages
Date: 2003
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