Stock market liberalization and return volatility: Evidence from the emerging market of Sri Lanka |
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Authors: | Fazeel M. Jaleel Lalith P. Samarakoon |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Economics, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia;2. Department of Finance, Opus College of Business, University of St. Thomas, 2115 Summit Ave, St. Paul, MN 55105, United States |
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Abstract: | This study examines the impact of liberalization of the Sri Lankan stock market on return volatility. We specify GARCH and TGARCH models of volatility, and estimate them using 16 years of weekly returns for the period from 1985 to 2000. The results show that liberalization of the market to foreign investors significantly increased the return volatility in the Colombo Stock Exchange. Both conditional and unconditional volatility measures are the highest in the liberalization period. Negative return shocks lead to lower volatility suggesting that there is no leverage effect, and this appears to reflect the very low levels of leverage used by Sri Lankan companies. |
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