Reaction of Sharia Capital Market toward Political Events in Indonesia
Sisca Debyola Widuhung *
University of Al Azhar Indonesia, South Jakarta, Indonesia.
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Abstract
This study aims to examine the reaction of the sharia capital market to political events in Indonesia. The political events referred to in this study are the events of the 2014 and 2019 presidential elections. The market reactions used are abnormal returns and stock trading volume. The sample in this study is stocks included in the Jakarta Islamic Index (JII) during the study period, which are 22 stocks. This study used an event study with an observation period of 21 trading days, namely 10 trading days before, one day of the day event, and 10 trading days after the 2014 & 2019 presidential and vice presidential elections. From the result, it can be seen that both tests are greater than 5%. Therefore, H0(1 and 2) are accepted.
Keywords: Political event, event study, abnormal return, trading volume.