 Does the T + 1 rule really reduce speculation? Evidence from Chinese Stock Index ETFXinyun Chen, Yan Liu and Tao Zeng Accounting and Finance, 2017, vol. 57, issue 5, 1287-1313 Abstract: Stock market in China is subject to the T + 1 rule, which requires investors to hold the asset for at least 1 day before selling. This rule was initially imposed in the mid‐1990s, replacing the previous T + 0 rule, to prevent excessive speculative trading. Given the considerable changes in China's financial market over the past 20 years, it is controversial whether the T + 1 rule should be replaced by the T + 0 rule in today's market. In this paper, we empirically test the effect of the T + 1 rule on market speculation. To identify potentially different impacts of the T + 1 and T + 0 rule, we choose a unique pair of CSI 300 ETFs, one subject to the T + 1 rule while the other to the T + 0 rule. Based on an error correction model, we develop an empirical methodology to test intraday speculation in the ETF price. Our empirical results show that, at least under current market condition, the T + 1 rule reduces the price efficiency and spurs more speculation when the market liquidity is not in a shortage. Date: 2017 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:bla:acctfi:v:57:y:2017:i:5:p:1287-1313 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article Accounting and Finance is currently edited by Robert Faff More articles in Accounting and Finance from Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Contact information at EDIRC. |
Is your work missing from RePEc? Here is how to contribute.
Questions or problems? Check the EconPapers FAQ or send mail to .
EconPapers is hosted by the
School of Business at Örebro University.