“…On the other hand, to our knowledge, this is the first study that tests volatility transmissions between US and Latin American stock markets using the MGARCH-BEKK model, unlike previous studies (Christofi and Pericli, 1999;Edwards and Susmel, 2001;Weber, 2012;Rejeb and Arfaoui, 2015). The MGARCH-BEKK model is currently deemed as the standard methodology for detecting volatility spillovers amongst financial markets (Gannon and Au-Yeung 2004;Caporale, Pittis and Spagnolo, 2006;Koulakiotis, Dasilas and Papasyriopoulos, 2009;Hammoudeh, Yuan, McAleer and Thompson, 2010;Fayyad and Daly, 2011;Arouri, Jouini and Nguyen, 2011;Andreou, Matsi, and Savvides, 2013).…”