Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Ismail O Fasanya Author-Name: Oluwatomisin J Oyewole Author-Name: Taofeek Agbatogun Author-Email: oyetomisin@yahoo.com Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economics, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria Title: How Does Economic Policy Uncertainty Connect With the Volatility Spillovers in Asia-Pacific Markets? Abstract: We examine the connection between global economic policy uncertainty (GEPU) and the dynamic spillovers of the Asia-Pacific manufacturing market within a nonparametric framework. We find strong connectedness between markets, and our results strongly support a nonlinear causal relationship between GEPU and manufacturing markets, mostly at median quantiles. Nonlinearity in our data signifies that the nonparametric test is more robust relative to the standard causality test. Classification-JEL: G15,D81 Keywords: asia-pacific markets, connectedness, nonlinearity, economic policy uncertainty Journal: Asian Economics Letters Pages: 1-6 Volume: 2 Issue: 2 Year: 2021 DOI: 2021/08/10 File-URL: https://a-e-l.scholasticahq.com/api/v1/articles/21437-how-does-economic-policy-uncertainty-connect-with-the-volatility-spillovers-in-asia-pacific-markets.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:ayb:jrnael:32