Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/313596 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Citation: 
[Journal:] Review of Development Finance [ISSN:] 2959-0930 [Volume:] 8 [Issue:] 2 [Year:] 2018 [Pages:] 116-126
Publisher: 
Elsevier, Amsterdam
Abstract: 
In this paper we use the DCC-MIDAS (Dynamic Conditional Correlation-Mixed Data Sampling) model to infer the association between oil and equities in five MENA countries between February 2006 and April 2017. The model indicates that higher oil returns tends to reduce the long-term risk of the Saudi market, but to increase it in other markets. The risk transfer from oil to MENA equities is found to be weak. The dynamic conditional correlation between oil and equities is not always positive and it unexpectedly changes sign during the sample period. However, the association always strengthens when there is a large draw down in oil prices as well as during periods of high volatility. Finally, we find that short term association occasionally breaks from the longer-term correlation particularly in Egypt and Turkey. These patterns of influence and associations are unique, and have important implications for equity portfolio managers who are interested in investing in energy and MENA equities.
Subjects: 
GARCH-MIDAS
DCC-MIDAS
Risk transfer
Oil
MENA Equities
JEL: 
G11
G12
G15
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Document Type: 
Article

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