Economic Policy Uncertainty and Stock Market Returns in Selected Eurozone Countries
Economic Policy Uncertainty and Stock Market Returns in Selected Eurozone Countries
Author(s): Yilmaz Bayar, Levent AytemizSubject(s): Supranational / Global Economy, Business Economy / Management, Economic policy, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Present Times (2010 - today), Financial Markets, Accounting - Business Administration
Published by: Reprograph
Keywords: economic policy uncertainty; stock market returns; panel causality test;
Summary/Abstract: The uncertainties in economic policies may affect macroeconomic variables by affecting the decision making process of the economic agents. This paper examines the impact of economic policy uncertainty in selected Eurozone member countries on stock market returns during the period January 2001- December 2014 by using Dumitrescu and Hurlin (2012) panel causality test. The causality results indicated that there was no causality from economic policy uncertainty at both country level and common level to stock markets, but there was causality from stock market to EPU indexes. On the other hand there was bidirectional causality between stock market and dollar/euro exchange rate.
Journal: Journal of Applied Economic Sciences (JAES)
- Issue Year: X/2015
- Issue No: 31
- Page Range: 152-158
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English