Money, Output and Stock Prices in Malaysia: An Application of the Cointegration Tests

The purpose of this paper is to determine whether macroeconomic variables, in particular money supply and output are important in predicting stock prices in Malaysia. Monthly data on stock price indices, money supply and output were employed in this study. The stock price indexes used in this study...

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Main Authors: Habibullah, Muzafar Shah, Ahmad Zubaidi, Baharumshah
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Language:English
Published: 1996
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8827/1/Money.pdf
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http://econ.snu.ac.kr/~kiea/IEJ/vol10_2/Su7.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.88272016-07-22T03:42:44Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8827/ Money, Output and Stock Prices in Malaysia: An Application of the Cointegration Tests Habibullah, Muzafar Shah Ahmad Zubaidi, Baharumshah The purpose of this paper is to determine whether macroeconomic variables, in particular money supply and output are important in predicting stock prices in Malaysia. Monthly data on stock price indices, money supply and output were employed in this study. The stock price indexes used in this study are Composite, Industrial, Finance, Property, Plantation and Tin. For money supply we used both M1 and M2, and output is measured by real Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Our results suggest that Malaysia’s stock market is informationally efficient with respect to money supply as well as output. 1996 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8827/1/Money.pdf Habibullah, Muzafar Shah and Ahmad Zubaidi, Baharumshah (1996) Money, Output and Stock Prices in Malaysia: An Application of the Cointegration Tests. International Economic Journal, 10 (2). pp. 121-130. ISSN 1016-8737 http://econ.snu.ac.kr/~kiea/IEJ/vol10_2/Su7.pdf
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description The purpose of this paper is to determine whether macroeconomic variables, in particular money supply and output are important in predicting stock prices in Malaysia. Monthly data on stock price indices, money supply and output were employed in this study. The stock price indexes used in this study are Composite, Industrial, Finance, Property, Plantation and Tin. For money supply we used both M1 and M2, and output is measured by real Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Our results suggest that Malaysia’s stock market is informationally efficient with respect to money supply as well as output.
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author Habibullah, Muzafar Shah
Ahmad Zubaidi, Baharumshah
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Ahmad Zubaidi, Baharumshah
Money, Output and Stock Prices in Malaysia: An Application of the Cointegration Tests
author_facet Habibullah, Muzafar Shah
Ahmad Zubaidi, Baharumshah
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title Money, Output and Stock Prices in Malaysia: An Application of the Cointegration Tests
title_short Money, Output and Stock Prices in Malaysia: An Application of the Cointegration Tests
title_full Money, Output and Stock Prices in Malaysia: An Application of the Cointegration Tests
title_fullStr Money, Output and Stock Prices in Malaysia: An Application of the Cointegration Tests
title_full_unstemmed Money, Output and Stock Prices in Malaysia: An Application of the Cointegration Tests
title_sort money, output and stock prices in malaysia: an application of the cointegration tests
publishDate 1996
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8827/1/Money.pdf
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