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Clustering global equity markets with variance ratio tests

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  • Joao A. Bastos

    (CEMAPRE, School of Economics and Management (ISEG), Technical University of Lisbon)

  • Jorge Caiado

    (CEMAPRE, School of Economics and Management (ISEG), Technical University of Lisbon)

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This study introduces a new distance measure for clustering financial time series based on variance ratio test statistics. The proposed metric attempts to assess the level of interdependence of time series from the point of view of return predictability. An empirical application of this approach to international stock market returns is presented. The results suggest that this metric discriminates reasonably well stock markets according to size and level of development. Furthermore, despite the substantial evolution of individual variance ratio statistics, the clustering pattern remains fairly stable across different time periods.

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Paper provided by Centre for Applied Mathematics and Economics (CEMAPRE), School of Economics and Management (ISEG), Technical University of Lisbon in its series CEMAPRE Working Papers with number 0904.

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Date of creation: Sep 2009
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Handle: RePEc:cma:wpaper:0904

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Keywords: Time series; Cluster analysis; Multidimensional scaling; Variance ratio test; International stock market;

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