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Is money neutral in stock market? The case of Malaysia

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  • Chin-Hong Puah

    (Faculty of Economics and Business, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak)

  • Muzafar Shah Habibullah

    (Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia)

  • Venus Khim-Sen Liew

    (Faculty of Economics and Business, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak)

Abstract

The objective of this study is to examine whether the notion of monetary neutrality holds in Malaysian stock market. Our findings indicate that there is considerable evidence against the long-run neutrality (LRN) of money in Malaysian stock market. The important implication is that the stock market is inefficient with respect to money supply. Agents might have the opportunity to gain excess profit from the stock market using the information on changes in the stock of money to predict the movements in stock indexes.

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  • Chin-Hong Puah & Muzafar Shah Habibullah & Venus Khim-Sen Liew, 2010. "Is money neutral in stock market? The case of Malaysia," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 30(3), pages 1852-1861.
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    Keywords

    Monetary neutrality; stock market; Malaysia; ARIMA model;
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    JEL classification:

    • E5 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit
    • G1 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets

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