Stock prices and demand for money in China: new evidence.

This paper investigates the relationship between stock prices and the real money demands for China within a cointegrated framework. This study reports two important results. First, test results reveal that a stable long-term relationship exists between broad money (M2) and its determinants including...

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Main Authors: Baharumshah, Ahmad Zubaidi, Mohd, Siti Hamizah, Yol, Marial Awou
Format: Article
Language:English
English
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16849/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16849/1/Stock%20prices%20and%20demand%20for%20money%20in%20China.pdf
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Summary:This paper investigates the relationship between stock prices and the real money demands for China within a cointegrated framework. This study reports two important results. First, test results reveal that a stable long-term relationship exists between broad money (M2) and its determinants including real income, foreign interest rate, and stock prices. Second, stock prices have a significant substitute (positive) effect on long-run broad-money (M2) demand and its omission can lead to serious misspecification in the money demand function in both the short- and long-run. Finally, we demonstrate that long-run income elasticity is not significantly different from unity with the inclusion of stock prices in the money demand equation.