Portfolio Flows, Global Risk Aversion and Asset Prices in Emerging Markets

August 19, 2014

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Nasha Ananchotikul, and Longmei Zhang. Portfolio Flows, Global Risk Aversion and Asset Prices in Emerging Markets, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2014) accessed September 20, 2024

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Summary

In recent years, portfolio flows to emerging markets have become increasingly large and volatile. Using weekly portfolio fund flows data, the paper finds that their short-run dynamics are driven mostly by global “push” factors. To what extent do these cross-border flows and global risk aversion drive asset volatility in emerging markets? We use a Dynamic Conditional Correlation (DCC) Multivariate GARCH framework to estimate the impact of portfolio flows and the VIX index on three asset prices, namely equity returns, bond yields and exchange rates, in 17 emerging economies. The analysis shows that global risk aversion has a significant impact on the volatility of asset prices, while the magnitude of that impact correlates with country characteristics, including financial openness, the exchange rate regime, as well as macroeconomic fundamentals such as inflation and the current account balance. In line with earlier literature, portfolio flows to emerging markets are also found to affect the level of asset prices, as was the case in particular during the global financial crisis.

Subject: Asset prices, Balance of payments, Bond yields, Capital flows, Exchange rates, Financial institutions, Financial services, Foreign exchange, Prices, Yield curve

Keywords: Asia and Pacific, Asset market, Asset price, Asset prices, Bond flow, Bond market, Bond yields, Capital flows, Europe, Exchange rate, Exchange rates, Global, Global risk aversion, Portfolio flow, Portfolio flows, Volatility impact, WP, Yield curve

Publication Details

Pages:

33
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Working Paper No. 2014/156
Stock No:

WPIEA2014156
ISBN:

9781498340229
ISSN:

1018-5941

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