Fan, Y.; Zhang, Z.; Zhao, X.; Yin, H. Interaction between Industrial Policy and Stock Price Volatility: Evidence from China’s Power Market Reform. Sustainability2018, 10, 1719.
Fan, Y.; Zhang, Z.; Zhao, X.; Yin, H. Interaction between Industrial Policy and Stock Price Volatility: Evidence from China’s Power Market Reform. Sustainability 2018, 10, 1719.
Fan, Y.; Zhang, Z.; Zhao, X.; Yin, H. Interaction between Industrial Policy and Stock Price Volatility: Evidence from China’s Power Market Reform. Sustainability2018, 10, 1719.
Fan, Y.; Zhang, Z.; Zhao, X.; Yin, H. Interaction between Industrial Policy and Stock Price Volatility: Evidence from China’s Power Market Reform. Sustainability 2018, 10, 1719.
Abstract
China combines green energy and industrial policy in its power market reform with various policy initiatives, including price support scheme for electricity from renewable sources and subsidies in the push for broader use of greener energy. This study focuses on the impacts of power market reform on the stock price volatility of listed power companies: 1) we use the Iterative Cumulative Sums of Squares (ICSS) algorithm to identify structural break points in stock prices; 2) we analyze the characteristics of stock price volatility based on the GARCH model; 3) we report the impact of power regulation on stock price fluctuations based on the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model. The result suggests three structural breaks in China’s power stock price volatility were related to the promulgation of power market reform policies. We find that industrial policies promote the reduction of power stock price fluctuations and its impact on power stock price volatility is consistent in the long run. However, our study also indicates the recent policies related to renewable energy do not have a very significant impact on the power stock market.
Keywords
industrial policy; stock price volatility; China’s power market
Subject
Business, Economics and Management, Economics
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