Change in systematic risk on the Polish market as a result of the global financial crisis. Analysis of the biggest Polish companies Cover Image

Zmiana ryzyka systematycznego na polskim rynku jako skutek globalnego kryzysu finansowego. Analiza największych krajowych spółek
Change in systematic risk on the Polish market as a result of the global financial crisis. Analysis of the biggest Polish companies

Author(s): Iwo Augustyński
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: global financial crisis; asset pricing; European Union; international capital flows

Summary/Abstract: Last financial crisis ended the three-decade period of cheap and easy capital. The increase in risk aversion and following decrease in international capital flows resulted in the reversal of integration processes of capital markets. It is especially visible in the EU markets. This paper investigates the hypothesis that the fall in stock prices was a result of the repricing of systematic risk due to reversal in financial markets integration processes caused by global financial crisis. I found that firm-level stock price changes are positively related to the difference between firm’s local and world market betas as well as covariances. I found also that beta coefficients were much more significant than covariances. This confirmed examined hypothesis.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 233
  • Page Range: 9-19
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish