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<p>The aim of this paper is to examine the reaction of South Eastern European stock markets to the armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine. With a sample of seven stock market indices, the event study methodology is applied to examine the influence of the conflict between two countries on European ground over stock indices of emerging markets in South Eastern Europe. Results indicate that beginning of the conflict in late February brought a very strong significant price correction and stock markets in the examined countries became maximum oscillatory and subjected to light and rapid changes on a daily level. The findings contribute to the research on economic impact of the armed conflict by providing empirical evidence that conflict between two European (Non-European Union members) countries has spill-over effects on stock markets on other European (European Union members and Non-European Union members) countries. The findings have important implications for portfolio diversification and thus can serve in the asset allocation decision of investment managers.</p>
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The aim of this paper is to examine the reaction of South Eastern European stock markets to the armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine. With a sample of seven stock market indices, the event study methodology is applied to examine the influence of the conflict between two countries on European ground over stock indices of emerging markets in South Eastern Europe. Results indicate that beginning of the conflict in late February brought a very strong significant price correction and stock markets in the examined countries became maximum oscillatory and subjected to light and rapid changes on a daily level. The findings contribute to the research on economic impact of the armed conflict by providing empirical evidence that conflict between two European (Non-European Union members) countries has spill-over effects on stock markets on other European (European Union members and Non-European Union members) countries. The findings have important implications for portfolio diversification and thus can serve in the asset allocation decision of investment managers.

Event study on the reaction of the Balkan stock markets to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine

Croatian Review of Economic, Business and Social Statistics

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The aim of this paper is to examine the reaction of South Eastern European stock markets to the armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine. With a sample of...

Event study on the reaction of the Balkan stock markets to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine

Publicado en línea: 30 dic 2022

Páginas: 18 - 27

Recibido: 07 jul 2022

Aceptado: 28 oct 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/crebss-2022-0007

Palabras clave
emerging markets, event study methodology, stock indices, war intervention

© 2022 Goran Mojanoski et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Event study on the reaction of the Balkan stock markets to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine

Publicado en línea: 30 dic 2022

Páginas: 18 - 27

Recibido: 07 jul 2022

Aceptado: 28 oct 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/crebss-2022-0007

Palabras claveemerging markets, event study methodology, stock indices, war intervention

© 2022 Goran Mojanoski et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
emerging markets, event study methodology, stock indices, war intervention