Oil prices and stock market correlation: a time-varying approach

Nikolaos Antonakakis, G. Filis

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    Abstract

    This paper examines the influence of oil prices on stock market time-varying correlation. Five stock market indices from both oil-importing (US, UK and Germany) and oil-exporting economies (Canada and Norway) are considered for the period 1988-2011. The findings from the DCC-GARCH framework suggest that the effects of oil price changes on stock market correlation are not constant over time and they depend on the status of the economy, i.e. whether it is oil-importing or oil-exporting. In addition, utilising the identification of oil price shocks in [1], [2] and [3] it is found that the aggregate demand shocks and precautionary demand shocks tend to exercise a negative effect on stock market correlation, whereas no effects from the supply-side oil price shocks can be reported. These findings have important implications for international portfolio diversification and risk management.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)17-29
    Number of pages13
    JournalInternational Journal of Energy and Statistics
    Volume1
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 27 Mar 2013

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