Exchange Rates, Capital Controls and Stock Returns: Evidence from Thailand
Exchange Rates, Capital Controls and Stock Returns: Evidence from Thailand
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汇率、资本管制和股票回报:来自泰国的证据
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10.2139/ssrn.1495766
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发表时间:
2010
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Jittima Tongurai
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作者:
Chaiporn Vithessonthi;Jittima Tongurai
The relationship between the announcement of the imposition of capital control and stock returns is examined across a sample of 32 technology firms listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), where capital control has been used as a means to prevent the appreciation of a currency (Thai baht). The findings show that the average abnormal return (AR) on the announcement date (day 0) is positive but statistically insignificant, and that the average AR on the effective date (day 1) is negative and statistically significant. These results confirm the view that investors, domestic and foreign alike, in emerging market economies such as Thailand react negatively to the announcement of the imposition of capital control. Although the findings provide no evidence to suggest that firm size and financial leverage (FL) have a significant effect on the cumulative abnormal return (CAR), the results suggest that the effect of prior firm performance on the CAR is positive and significant.