Panel A. Return series

Country

Mean

S.D.

Skewness

Kurtosis

Max

Min

J-B

France

−0.007

1.502

0.006

7.666

10.595

−9.472

3639

Germany

0.010

1.550

−0.015

7.248

10.797

−8.875

3000

Japan

0.017

1.530

−0.500

10.345

13.235

−12.111

7423

Netherlands

−0.011

1.480

−0.092

9.242

10.028

−9.590

6521

Spain

−0.004

1.519

0.082

7.761

13.484

−9.586

3762

Switzerland

0.005

1.214

−0.168

9.915

10.788

−9.070

7873

UK

−0.002

1.230

−0.157

9.161

9.384

−9.266

6287

USA

0.009

1.190

−0.064

10.942

10.508

−8.201

10376

China

0.022

1.644

−0.281

7.417

9.401

−9.256

3137

Colombia

0.060

1.197

−0.969

25.396

11.616

−13.893

60365

Hong Kong

0.022

1.494

0.028

12.284

13.407

−13.582

12331

India

0.041

1.552

−0.291

11.092

16.334

−13.054

10716

Mexico

0.046

1.354

0.031

7.929

10.441

−8.267

3999

South Korea

0.016

1.614

−0.558

8.931

11.284

−12.805

5895

Taiwan

−0.001

1.442

−0.237

6.049

6.525

−9.936

1542

Turkey

0.036

2.230

−0.060

9.966

17.774

−19.979

7908

Panel B. Detrended log-volume series

Country

Mean

S.D.

Skewness

Kurtosis

Max

Min

PP

France

2.27E−14

0.365

−0.677

6.442

1.319

−2.496

−31.00

Germany

3.88E−15

0.346

0.118

6.248

2.509

−2.183

−33.91

Japan

2.62E−14

0.284

0.493

4.143

1.353

−1.270

−21.26

Netherlands

1.08E−14

0.356

−0.993

8.422

1.469

−2.684

−31.38

Spain

−5.30E−15

0.316

−0.192

3.945

1.244

−1.691

−32.65

Switzerland

2.43E−14

0.480

0.037

3.307

2.423

−1.904

−23.50

UK

6.35E−16

0.326

−1.550

11.422

1.223

−2.764

−29.83

USA

−1.07E−14

0.293

0.465

5.399

1.381

−1.629

−32.18

China

1.13E−14

0.615

0.214

2.258

1.956

−1.841

−11.73

Colombia

1.26E−03

0.939

−0.777

15.515

4.392

−12.171

−26.36

Hong Kong

−7.81E−16

0.512

0.336

3.406

2.641

−1.548

−19.74

India

1.34E−04

0.426

−0.502

8.600

1.621

−3.917

−26.16

Mexico

3.38E−14

0.479

−1.291

8.512

2.190

−3.234

−39.78

South Korea

1.64E−03

0.374

0.387

3.792

1.710

−1.073

−15.86

Taiwan

3.93E−15

0.354

0.128

3.062

1.198

−1.447

−18.60

Turkey

−1.83E−14

0.411

0.037

4.003

1.841

−2.335

−24.44