Comovements of stock markets in Visegrad countries in years 2004-2017

In this paper comovements of stock markets in the Visegrad countries in years 2004-2017 are analysed. Parameters of the VEC-GARCH-BEKK model are estimated. Results of the empirical study indicate that stock returns in Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary were sensitive to stock returns of DAX. Moreover, investors analysed performance of stock markets in the whole group of Visegrad countries, when deciding to buy or sell stocks from one market (in Warsaw, Prague or Budapest). Results of the analysis of the shocks’ transmission mechanism and the volatility transmission mechanism indicate that especially shocks coming from the German stock market strongly affected volatilities of the rates of return in the Visegrad countries.