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Is equity market volatility driven by migration fear?

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This paper examines whether a part of the volatility of equity markets can be trace back to migration fear sentiments of investors. In doing so, we use a novel data set of migration fear indexes based on newspaper coverage for the US, Germany, France and the UK. Our results show that – especially for Germany – stock market volatility has been significantly affected by migration fear. This effect is in particular observed for the period around 2015 – the top of the European migrant crisis.

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  • Czudaj, Robert L., 2018. "Is equity market volatility driven by migration fear?," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 27(C), pages 34-37.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:finlet:v:27:y:2018:i:c:p:34-37
    DOI: 10.1016/j.frl.2018.02.029
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    Keywords

    Equity markets; Fear; Migration; Terror attacks; Volatility;
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    JEL classification:

    • F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
    • G15 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - International Financial Markets

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