Arbeitspapier
Does Gold Act as a Hedge or a Safe Haven for Stocks? A Smooth Transition Approach
This study deals with the issue whether gold actually exhibits the function of a hedge or a safe haven as often referred to in the media and academia. In order to test the Baur and Lucey (2010) hypotheses, we contribute to the existing literature by the augmentation of their model to a smooth transition regression (STR) using an exponential transition function which splits the regression model into two extreme regimes. One accounts for periods in which stock returns are on average and therefore allows to test whether gold acts as a hedge for stocks, the other one accounts for periods characterized by extreme market conditions where the volatility of the stock returns is high. The latter state enables us to test whether gold can be regarded as a safe haven for stocks. The study includes a broad set of 18 individual markets as well as five regional indices and covers a sample period running from January 1970 to March 2012 on a monthly frequency. Overall, our findings show that gold serves as a hedge and a safe haven. However, this ability seems to be market-specific. In addition, by applying a portfolio analysis we also show that our findings are useful for investors.
- ISBN
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978-3-86788-576-8
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Ruhr Economic Papers ; No. 502
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies; Insider Trading
International Financial Markets
- Thema
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gold
hedge
safe haven
smooth transition
stock prices
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Beckmann, Joscha
Berger, Theo
Czudaj, Robert
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI)
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Essen
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2014
- DOI
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doi:10.4419/86788576
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Beckmann, Joscha
- Berger, Theo
- Czudaj, Robert
- Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI)
Entstanden
- 2014
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