Euro-Zone Equity Returns: Country Versus Industry Effects

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Esther Eiling

University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam Business School

Bruno Gerard

BI Norwegian Business School - Department of Finance

Frans de Roon

Tilburg University - Department of Finance

Date Written: October 2009

Abstract

This paper investigates whether Euro-zone equity returns are driven by country or industry effects over the 1990 to 2008 period. Using a style analysis approach, we find that before the introduction of the Euro country effects dominate, while industry effects prevail after 1999. This reversal at the aggregate level is driven mainly by countries that were least integrated in the EMU and world markets prior to the Euro launch. For markets with stronger economic linkages, such as Germany and France, industry effects dominate both in the nine years before and in the nine years after the introduction of the Euro.

Keywords: International financial markets, style analysis, EMU, currency risk, financial market integration

JEL Classification: G11, G15

Suggested Citation

Eiling, Esther and Gerard, Bruno and de Roon, Frans A., Euro-Zone Equity Returns: Country Versus Industry Effects (October 2009). EFA 2004 Maastricht Meetings Paper No. 3454, AFA 2006 Boston Meetings Paper, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=567126 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.567126

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