期刊名称:International Journal of Economics and Finance Studies
电子版ISSN:1309-8055
出版年度:2020
卷号:12
期号:1
页码:189-203
出版社:Social Sciences Research Society
摘要:The relation between asset returns and country risk is an important issue for
international investors seeking diversification opportunities in emerging markets,
particularly in South Africa. This paper aims to evaluate the impact of economic,
financial and political components of country risk on stock and bond returns. A
non-linear autoregressive distributed lag (NARDL) model was used to analyse the
time-varying dynamic relationship between the country risk components and the
two financial asset markets for a sample of 15 years monthly data. We found an
asymmetric relationship between country risk and asset returns of the two
markets. Political risk has long-run and short-run implications on stock and bond
returns, while economic risk only has short-run effects on bond returns. These
results suggest that international investors should carefully consider different
components of country risk when seeking diversification opportunities.
关键词:Financial markets; Financial risk; Political risk; Economic risk