Margin Changes and Stock Price Behavior
Journal of Political Economy
1973
The relationship between Federal Reserve margin requirements and the behavior of stock prices has long been of interest to academicians and investors. This paper reports the results of a study of price movements around times when margins were changed. Using data from the 1933-69 period, the study concludes that increases in margin appear, at most, to have a trivial depressing influence on stock prices, which takes place over a number of days following the announcement of increases. Margin decreases, on the other hand, do not seem to have any significant impact on price behavior.
- DOI
- 10.1086/260030
- Volume
- 81 (2, Part 1)
- Pages
- 328-339
- Language
- en
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