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Do stock prices and interest rates possess a common trend ?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 August 2016

Amaresh Das*
Affiliation:
Public Policy Institute, Georgetown University, Washington D.C.
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Summary

This paper empirically captures the interrelationships between the stock markets and interest rates for a set of Asian markets by means of a new technique called co-dependence. It uses a set of data for three countries in Asia – India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, over a time period spanning from 1985 to 2003.

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Résumé

Cet article montre empiriquement les interrelations entre les marchés des actions et les taux d'intérêts pour un ensemble de marchés asiatiques, en utilisant une nouvelle technique appelée co-dépendance. Elle utilise les données de trois pays d'Asie – l'Inde, le Pakistan et le Bangladesh – sur une période couvrant les années 1985 à 2003.

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Copyright © Université catholique de Louvain, Institut de recherches économiques et sociales 2005 

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In revising the paper I have had the benefit of detailed and useful suggestions from an anonymous referee.

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