What is it about?
Given gaming's remarkable growth and its crucial role in the digital economy, this study examines volatility spillovers between this target sector, key industries (technology, semiconductor manufacturing, e-commerce & digital payments, communication services, consumer discretionary, consumer staples, utilities), and traditional financial assets (global equities, treasury bonds, real estate, gold).
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Why is it important?
Therefore, this paper aims to investigate the connectedness between the gaming sector and a range of pertinent industries (technology, semiconductor manufacturing, e-commerce & digital payments, communication services, consumer discretionary, consumer staples, utilities) alongside traditional financial assets (global equities, treasury bonds, real estate, gold).
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Results show strong interlinkages among markets, with e-commerce & digital payments and global equities being the main drivers of volatility transmission.
Dr Spyros Papathanasiou
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
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This page is a summary of: Reevaluating Diversification: The Evolving Role of Gaming in Market Turmoil, The Journal of Alternative Investments, February 2026, Institutional Investor Journals,
DOI: 10.3905/jai.2026.1.258.
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