Abstract
Potential benefits from international diversification depend upon the stability in stock market relationships. Using monthly data of 11 international stock markets, this paper examines the stability in stock market relationships across month of the year and across different holding intervals. Empirical results show that the correlation structure is more stable than the covariance structure. While empirical evidence supports the hypothesis that the correlation structure is very stable across different holding intervals, the empirical support for the stability in correlation structure across month of the year is much weaker.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 207-218 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | European Journal of Finance |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Sept 1995 |
User-Defined Keywords
- holding intervals
- International
- month of the year
- stability