An analysis of the relationship between stock markets in the context of globalized capital

Many countries in the world, in the context of financial liberalization, removed the barriers in front of capital entrance and exits in order to overcome capital insufficiency through foreign markets and to better integrate with the world. As a result, since the end of the 20th century, financial markets have undergone a great deal of transformation and integration. In this process, stock markets have been the fastest integrating institutions. There have been efforts to remove barriers in front of foreign capital and in the end, the İMKB have become an attractive stock market for foreigners.Today, a system of markets in which knowledge is carefully taken into consideration, which operate 24 hours and which have no geographical borders appeared. A negative development that occurs in a market in the global system quickly reflects upon other markets. Development in mass communication increased the flow of knowledge, news and finance and removed geographical and physical barriers that separate countries and stock markets. The crisis that occurred in America under these circumstances affected national stock markets as well as national economies.Since the purpose of the thesis is to analyze the short-term relations between the İMKB and other stock markets in the pre- and post-crisis period, the short-term relations between the İMKB and selected country stock markets are analyzed the VAR (vector autoregressive) model with eight variables. In this context, stationary and unit root tests (ADF and Phillips-Perron) for the variables to be used in the VAR analysis were performed. The results of the correlation analysis and the Impulse-Response analysis obtained from the VAR model in appropriate time lag and the results of the Variance Decomposition were interpreted for each variable. In the post-crisis period, it is observed that interaction between the İMKB and other selected stock markets has increased.