Coakley, J and Kougoulis, P and Nankervis, JC (2008) The MSCI-Canada index rebalancing and excess comovement. Applied Financial Economics, 18 (16). pp. 1277-1287. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/09603100701537722
Coakley, J and Kougoulis, P and Nankervis, JC (2008) The MSCI-Canada index rebalancing and excess comovement. Applied Financial Economics, 18 (16). pp. 1277-1287. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/09603100701537722
Coakley, J and Kougoulis, P and Nankervis, JC (2008) The MSCI-Canada index rebalancing and excess comovement. Applied Financial Economics, 18 (16). pp. 1277-1287. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/09603100701537722
Abstract
Major changes to the MSCI Canada Standard Country index were announced and implemented in May 2000. This rebalancing involved the addition of some 17 and deletion of 13 stocks and had the net effect of increasing the market capitalization by US$50 billions. We investigate the associated changes in stock return comovement around this event on the Toronto Stock Exchange, the third largest North American exchange. We find that the average beta of the added stocks increases by as much as a factor of 1.6 while the average R 2 increases by up to 5%. Robustness tests indicate the results are not driven by nonsynchronous trading.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HG Finance |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Essex Business School Faculty of Social Sciences > Essex Business School > Essex Finance Centre |
| SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Dec 2012 11:34 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Sep 2022 19:05 |
| URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/4773 |