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Effect of inflationary expectations on stock market returns in Nigeria

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  • Iwegbu, Onyebuchi
  • Adeoye, Babatunde Wasiu

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This study examined the effect of inflationary expectations on stock market returns during the financial crisis era and the post-financial crisis era in Nigeria. The study built its argument using Fisher’s effect to examine the objective. The study employed quarterly data spanning through the periods of first quarter 2007 till the fourth quarter of 2018. Using Autoregressive Distributed Lag estimation technique after the stationarity of the variables have been confirmed by ADF and its long-run stability confirmed by Bounds co-integration test, the study found that inflationary expectations are key determinants of stock market returns in Nigeria. The study concludes that stocks do not hedge over inflation as expectations built up by agents in the economy affects stock returns. The study, therefore, rejects the Fisher hypothesis for the case of Nigeria in the post-global financial crisis era.

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  • Iwegbu, Onyebuchi & Adeoye, Babatunde Wasiu, 2020. "Effect of inflationary expectations on stock market returns in Nigeria," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 17(1), pages 27-42.
    • Handle: RePEc:zbw:espost:222239
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    Keywords

    Inflationary Expectations; Stock Market Returns; Autoregressive Distributed Lag Model (ARDL);
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    JEL classification:

    • E31 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
    • E44 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy

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