Abstract
This study explores the effect of the Paris terrorist attacks on the stock returns and the volatility for the most important companies in the global defence industry. To this end, it employs the General Autoregressive Conditional Heteroscedasticity methodology. The findings clearly indicate that this terrorist event has a positive impact on both the returns and the volatility of these stocks.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 45-48 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Applied Economics Letters |
Volume | 24 |
Issue number | 1 |
Early online date | 24 Mar 2016 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2 Jan 2017 |
Externally published | Yes |