A Bibliometric Evaluation of Country Risk, Volatility Spillover and Equity market return of BIMSTEC Nation.

Abstract

Economic globalization and economic regionalization are influenced by country risk, volatility spillovers, and equity market return. The aim of this study is to use bibliometric analytics approaches to evaluate reliable articles on the relationship between country risk, volatility spillovers, and the return of the Bimstec equities market. The present study reviews the peer-reviewed articles available in the Web of Science (WoS), database relating to 1129 publications for the period 1973-2022. The R software is used to graph the bibliographic documents. The following properties were observed during the bibliometric investigation: (1) The major studies investigate the impact of country risk, volatility spillovers, and stock market return on regional trading bloc members. (2) The main authors deal with different types of volatility spillover, different types of country risk, and different patterns of equity market return and their effects on the global economy and regional trade blocks; (3) the most recent trend topics are related to different methods for calculating the weightage of country risk, volatility spillovers, and equity market return of regional trading blocks such as Bimstec. Numerous studies on economic globalization and regional trading blocs have found considerable impact rates. It promotes commerce investment and technological exchange, and it contributes to the peace, progress, and prosperity of the shared region. Overall, this work lays the groundwork for future scientific investigations that will aid in the growth of this research field.