Graduation Year
2018
Date of Submission
4-2018
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Economics
Reader 1
Murat Binay
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(c) 2018 Aarushi Tibrewala
Abstract
This paper studies if a change in political risk has a significant impact on the stock returns of countries. Additionally, the paper assesses if this change in political risk impacts stock returns differently in emerging and developed countries. The paper conducts a risk based portfolio analysis and a linear cross-sectional regression analysis in order to find a conclusive result. The portfolio analysis, which replicates a study carried out by Diamonte, Liew, and Stevens (1996), reveals that there is a difference in the impact that change in political risk has in developed and emerging countries. The regression analysis finds that change in political risk does impact stock returns but there is no statistically significant difference in this impact between emerging and developed countries. The regression analysis also finds that the existing level of risk does not significantly affect the impact that growth in political risk has on stock returns.
Recommended Citation
Tibrewala, Aarushi, "Risk and Returns: The Impact of Political Risk on Financial Returns in Emerging and Developed Markets" (2018). CMC Senior Theses. 1903.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1903
This thesis is restricted to the Claremont Colleges current faculty, students, and staff.
