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Is Gold a Safe Haven Against Equity Market Investment in Emerging and Developing Countries ?

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  • Gozde Gurgun
  • Ibrahim Unalmis

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The hedge and safe haven properties of gold in advanced economies� financial markets are well documented in the literature. Studies of how this issue relates to emerging markets and developing countries are, however, very limited. This paper aims to fill this gap by empirically analysing the hedge and safe haven properties of gold against equity market investment for a large group of emerging and developing countries from the perspective of both domestic and foreign investors. We also check whether our findings differ in the post-global crisis period. Our results show that for domestic investors, gold is both a hedge and a safe haven in most of these countries. This result also holds in the post-2008 crisis period. In addition, when falls in equity markets become more severe, gold acts as a safe haven in a larger set of countries for both domestic and foreign investors.

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  • Gozde Gurgun & Ibrahim Unalmis, 2014. "Is Gold a Safe Haven Against Equity Market Investment in Emerging and Developing Countries ?," Working Papers 1422, Research and Monetary Policy Department, Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey.
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    Keywords

    Equity Market; Gold; Hedge; Safe Haven; Emerging and Developing Countries; GARCH;
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    JEL classification:

    • C22 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes
    • G10 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - General (includes Measurement and Data)
    • G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
    • G15 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - International Financial Markets

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