ASSESSING THE LONG-RUN AND SHORT-RUN EFFECT OF MONETARY VARIABLES ON STOCK MARKET IN THE PRESENCE OF STRUCTURAL BREAKS: EVIDENCE FROM LIBERALISED INDIA

Abstract

The present study examines the long-run and short-run e§ects of monetary fac- tors (money supply, interest rate, ináation, and foreign currency exchange rate) on the Indian stock market. The study uses sophisticated econometric tools to analyse monthly observations from January 1993 to December 2019. The Augmented Dickey Fuller (ADF) test indicates that the variables involved in the present study are either I(0) or I(1). The Bai-Perron multiple break point test identiÖes four breakpoint dates in the Indian stock market index series. The breakpoint dates are incorporated as di§erent dummy variables in the ARDL-ECM regression. The F-bounds test reveals that the variables in the study are cointegrated within the time period under consideration. Our Öndings show that the interest rate, which is a proxy for monetary policy instrument, and the foreign currency exchange rate have a negative impact on the Indian stock market both in the long-run and short-run. Furthermore, we Önd that structural changes signiÖcantly a§ect the performance of Indian stock market. The study covers a long period of time, which the majority of previous work did not consider. Furthermore, the study uses di§erent dummy variables in the ARDL model to represent structural breaks (as determined by the Bai-Perron multiple break point test)