Leverage effect and switching of market efficiency post goods and services tax (GST) imposition

This paper investigates the leverage effect and switching of market efficiency after the GST imposition on fee-based financial services in Bursa Malaysia and Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). The sample in this paper comprises of public listed companies for the period of one year before and afte...

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Main Authors: Lee, Yok Yong, Yahya, Mohamed Hisham, Amin Noordin, Bany Ariffin, Selamat, Aslam Izah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Canadian Center of Science and Education 2018
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/69760/1/69760.pdf
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author Lee, Yok Yong
Yahya, Mohamed Hisham
Amin Noordin, Bany Ariffin
Selamat, Aslam Izah
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Yahya, Mohamed Hisham
Amin Noordin, Bany Ariffin
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description This paper investigates the leverage effect and switching of market efficiency after the GST imposition on fee-based financial services in Bursa Malaysia and Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). The sample in this paper comprises of public listed companies for the period of one year before and after the GST imposition. GJR-GARCH is employed to evaluate the asymmetry response that is associated with the negative news shocks. To assess the effect of transactional efficiency on the informational efficiency and the structural change of time-varying volatility, SGARCH is adopted. This research reveals the presence of leverage effect in developing and developed market. The GST imposition on fee-based financial services significantly reduces the informational efficiency in Bursa Malaysia, but not in ASX. To boost the tax revenues generated from the financial sector, the policymakers in the developed markets (similar to ASX) should contemplate imposing GST on the fee-based financial services without affecting the stability of the stock market. The investors in thin markets (such as Bursa Malaysia) could forecast the stock returns of the thin market upon GST imposition on fee-based financial services.
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spelling upm.eprints-697602019-07-08T07:23:46Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/69760/ Leverage effect and switching of market efficiency post goods and services tax (GST) imposition Lee, Yok Yong Yahya, Mohamed Hisham Amin Noordin, Bany Ariffin Selamat, Aslam Izah This paper investigates the leverage effect and switching of market efficiency after the GST imposition on fee-based financial services in Bursa Malaysia and Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). The sample in this paper comprises of public listed companies for the period of one year before and after the GST imposition. GJR-GARCH is employed to evaluate the asymmetry response that is associated with the negative news shocks. To assess the effect of transactional efficiency on the informational efficiency and the structural change of time-varying volatility, SGARCH is adopted. This research reveals the presence of leverage effect in developing and developed market. The GST imposition on fee-based financial services significantly reduces the informational efficiency in Bursa Malaysia, but not in ASX. To boost the tax revenues generated from the financial sector, the policymakers in the developed markets (similar to ASX) should contemplate imposing GST on the fee-based financial services without affecting the stability of the stock market. The investors in thin markets (such as Bursa Malaysia) could forecast the stock returns of the thin market upon GST imposition on fee-based financial services. Canadian Center of Science and Education 2018 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/69760/1/69760.pdf Lee, Yok Yong and Yahya, Mohamed Hisham and Amin Noordin, Bany Ariffin and Selamat, Aslam Izah (2018) Leverage effect and switching of market efficiency post goods and services tax (GST) imposition. International Business Research, 11 (3). pp. 162-178. ISSN 1913-9004; ESSN: 1913-9012 http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ibr/article/view/72937 10.5539/ibr.v11n3p162
spellingShingle Lee, Yok Yong
Yahya, Mohamed Hisham
Amin Noordin, Bany Ariffin
Selamat, Aslam Izah
Leverage effect and switching of market efficiency post goods and services tax (GST) imposition
title Leverage effect and switching of market efficiency post goods and services tax (GST) imposition
title_full Leverage effect and switching of market efficiency post goods and services tax (GST) imposition
title_fullStr Leverage effect and switching of market efficiency post goods and services tax (GST) imposition
title_full_unstemmed Leverage effect and switching of market efficiency post goods and services tax (GST) imposition
title_short Leverage effect and switching of market efficiency post goods and services tax (GST) imposition
title_sort leverage effect and switching of market efficiency post goods and services tax gst imposition
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/69760/1/69760.pdf
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