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The Impact of Expanding Price Limits on The Volatility of Damascus Securities Exchange

أثر توسيع الحدود السعرية على تقلبات سوق دمشق للأوراق المالية

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 Publication date 2016
  fields Financial
and research's language is العربية
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This study aims at investigating the impact of the expansion of price limits on the volatility of Damascus Securities Exchange, by comparing the fluctuations of the market under three different price limits systems, since the opening of the market until the end of 2014. Results of the study showed that the price limits expanding in the Damascus Securities Exchange leads to an increase in the volatility of stock returns. Consequently, setting narrower price limits will reduce the volatility, and this confirms the effectiveness of the system of price limits in reducing the volatility of Damascus Securities Exchange.

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CHRISTOPHER, N. 2002 Effect of price limits on volatility and stock returns in emerging markets: evidence from the Johannesburg stock exchange. Journal of Comparative International Management. Vol. 5, No. 1
DABBOU, H. 2013 Evaluating The Widening Of Price Limits: Evidence from Tunisian Stock Exchange. Journal of Business Studies Quarterly. Vol. 3, No .3. 140-159
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