Abstract
This chapter presents a regime switching GARCH model (RS-GARCH) to examine the volatile behavior and volatility linkages among the four major segmented Chinese stock indices. We find evidence of a regime shift in the volatility of the four markets, and the RS-GARCH model appears to outperform the single regime GARCH model. The evidence suggests that B-share markets are more volatile and shift more frequently between high- and low-volatility states. B-share markets are found to be more sensitive to international shocks, while A-share markets seem immune to international spillovers of volatility. Also, volatility linkages among the four segmented markets are regime-dependent.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Nonlinear Financial Econometrics |
| Subtitle of host publication | Markov Switching Models, Persistence and Nonlinear Cointegration |
| Editors | Greg N. Gregoriou, Razvan Pascalau |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Pages | 49-73 |
| Number of pages | 25 |
| Edition | 1st |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780230295216 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780230283640, 9781349328949 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2010 |