تأثير التضخم على العوائد و التقلبات الشرطية لأسواق الأوراق المالية : دليل تطبيقي من المملكة الأردنية الهاشمية خلال الفترة 1998- 2015

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This study aims at identifying the impact of inflation on stock returns and conditional volatilities in Amman Stock Exchange during the period (1998- 2015).

The descriptive analytical approach is used to achieve the aim of this study by using the monthly series data during the period (1998-2015) and analyzing them through using (1,1) the Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroscedastic (GARCH) and (EGARCH) models.

Based on GARCH (1, 1) and EGARCH models, the results shows that there is a positive statistically significant effect of the inflation on both stock returns and conditional volatility at Amman Stock Exchange, which indicates that the conditional volatilities contribute effectively in making a change on stock returns in light of inflation.

The study recommends that investors at Amman Stock Exchange should pay attention and analyze the fluctuation of the shares’ returns at the stock market as a high-risk index and its relation to inflation before building the investment portfolios to ensure the Diversification Strategy of the portfolio.