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Taper Tantrum and Emerging Equity Market Slumps

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  • Gemma B. Estrada
  • Donghyun Park
  • Arief Ramayandi

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In the post-global financial crisis period, the central banks of the advanced economies pursued unconventional monetary policies, such as the United States (U.S.) Federal Reserve’s quantitative easing (QE). Those policies and their unwinding may significantly affect cross-border capital flows and thus destabilize the financial systems of emerging markets. For example, emerging markets experienced substantial financial instability during the taper tantrum triggered by U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s May 2013 announcement of the potential unwinding of QE. In this article, we examine the spillovers from the taper tantrum on emerging markets more rigorously by using econometric analysis to empirically assess the effect on equity markets in emerging markets. Our central finding that virtually all emerging-market equity markets were affected by the taper tantrum highlights the need for emerging-market authorities to remain vigilant about the effects of advanced-economy monetary policies on their financial stability.

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  • Gemma B. Estrada & Donghyun Park & Arief Ramayandi, 2016. "Taper Tantrum and Emerging Equity Market Slumps," Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 52(5), pages 1060-1071, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:mes:emfitr:v:52:y:2016:i:5:p:1060-1071
    DOI: 10.1080/1540496X.2015.1105596
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    • F32 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Current Account Adjustment; Short-term Capital Movements
    • G15 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - International Financial Markets

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