Social Movement Effects on the Market Economy : The Impacts of Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill movement on Hang Seng Properties index

The aim of this thesis is to analyze the effects of political instability on the market performance. The Anti Extradition movement in Hong Kong will be the study object and its impact on the Hang Seng Properties Index will be tested. The market performance will be measured with the parameters market...

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Main Author: Guo, Junyuan
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Language:English
Published: KTH, Fastigheter och byggande 2020
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spelling ndltd-UPSALLA1-oai-DiVA.org-kth-2770822020-06-26T03:30:02ZSocial Movement Effects on the Market Economy : The Impacts of Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill movement on Hang Seng Properties indexengEffekter av sociala rörelser på marknadsekonominGuo, JunyuanKTH, Fastigheter och byggande2020Hang Seng Properties indexpolitical turmoilmarket performanceEffekter av sociala rörelser på marknadsekonominEngineering and TechnologyTeknik och teknologierThe aim of this thesis is to analyze the effects of political instability on the market performance. The Anti Extradition movement in Hong Kong will be the study object and its impact on the Hang Seng Properties Index will be tested. The market performance will be measured with the parameters market risk and risk premium. Two regression models will be built where the political event serve as dummy variables and categorized into relatively peaceful protest (PI1t), massive conflict (PI2t) and election period (EPt). The results indicate that all political events cause increased market fluctuation, except for EPt variable (in the risk premium model) which had a market stabilizing effect. The conclusion that the real estate market is sensitive to political turmoil is drawn. Syftet med denna avhandling är att undersöka hur en marknad reagerar under ett politiskt ostabilt läge. För att göra detta kommer påverkan av demonstrationerna (mot det kontroversiella lagförslaget) i Hong Kong 2019 på Hang Seng Properties Index att studeras. För att mäta marknadsresultatet kommer parametrarna marknadsrisk och riskpremie att användas. Regressionsanalyser utförs och de politiska störningsmomenten är indelad i tre kategorier; mild protest, masskonflikt och valperiod. kommer att agera som dummyvariabler i analysen. Resultatet från analysen indikerar att alla typer av politiska störningsmoment ger en ökad marknadsvolatilitet. Därmed kan slutsatsen att marknader är känsliga mot politisk turbulens härleddas. Student thesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesistexthttp://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-277082TRITA-ABE-MBT ; 20562application/pdfinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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topic Hang Seng Properties index
political turmoil
market performance
Effekter av sociala rörelser på marknadsekonomin
Engineering and Technology
Teknik och teknologier
spellingShingle Hang Seng Properties index
political turmoil
market performance
Effekter av sociala rörelser på marknadsekonomin
Engineering and Technology
Teknik och teknologier
Guo, Junyuan
Social Movement Effects on the Market Economy : The Impacts of Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill movement on Hang Seng Properties index
description The aim of this thesis is to analyze the effects of political instability on the market performance. The Anti Extradition movement in Hong Kong will be the study object and its impact on the Hang Seng Properties Index will be tested. The market performance will be measured with the parameters market risk and risk premium. Two regression models will be built where the political event serve as dummy variables and categorized into relatively peaceful protest (PI1t), massive conflict (PI2t) and election period (EPt). The results indicate that all political events cause increased market fluctuation, except for EPt variable (in the risk premium model) which had a market stabilizing effect. The conclusion that the real estate market is sensitive to political turmoil is drawn. === Syftet med denna avhandling är att undersöka hur en marknad reagerar under ett politiskt ostabilt läge. För att göra detta kommer påverkan av demonstrationerna (mot det kontroversiella lagförslaget) i Hong Kong 2019 på Hang Seng Properties Index att studeras. För att mäta marknadsresultatet kommer parametrarna marknadsrisk och riskpremie att användas. Regressionsanalyser utförs och de politiska störningsmomenten är indelad i tre kategorier; mild protest, masskonflikt och valperiod. kommer att agera som dummyvariabler i analysen. Resultatet från analysen indikerar att alla typer av politiska störningsmoment ger en ökad marknadsvolatilitet. Därmed kan slutsatsen att marknader är känsliga mot politisk turbulens härleddas.
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title Social Movement Effects on the Market Economy : The Impacts of Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill movement on Hang Seng Properties index
title_short Social Movement Effects on the Market Economy : The Impacts of Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill movement on Hang Seng Properties index
title_full Social Movement Effects on the Market Economy : The Impacts of Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill movement on Hang Seng Properties index
title_fullStr Social Movement Effects on the Market Economy : The Impacts of Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill movement on Hang Seng Properties index
title_full_unstemmed Social Movement Effects on the Market Economy : The Impacts of Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill movement on Hang Seng Properties index
title_sort social movement effects on the market economy : the impacts of anti-extradition law amendment bill movement on hang seng properties index
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