The Impulsive Stock Market of Bangladesh and the Great Recession

Saif Hossain
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Saif Hossain: Lecturer, BRAC Business School, BRAC University,Dhaka, Bangladesh

International Journal of Business and Social Research, 2013, vol. 3, issue 3, 126-139

Abstract: The paper investigates whether the stock market of Bangladesh can be related with the last world recession. The Pearson’s correlation analysis model was used to find the correlation between the Dhaka Stock Exchange General index and real GDP growth rate of the world. The findings show that no statistically significant correlation exists between the two variables inferring that the stock market of Bangladesh was not significantly affected by ‘the great recession’ (2007-2009). The findings of this study are inconsistent with the results of previous studies which claimed that the Bangladesh stock market shares a common stochastic trend with the capital market of USA. The results of this study may be explained mainly by domestic factors such as low market capitalization, market inefficiency, strict monitoring and control by the Security and Exchange Commission and low international participation in the stock market of Bangladesh. All these factors, along with the inconsistency with past results, instigate further investigation.

Keywords: Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE); great recession; economic growth; capital market; Bangladesh. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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