Indonesian Capital Market Review
Vol. 11, No. 2

Stock Market Reaction to the Tax Amnesty Announcement

Wibowo, Muhammad Satriyo (Unknown)
Sukmaningrum, Puji Sucia (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Jul 2019

Abstract

The Indonesian Government has put in place policies that are quite bold and that highly impacton both companies and the economy. This includes the endorsement tax amnesty policy in 2016.This study aims to investigate the reaction of the stock market against the policy. The dataset of this research was 100 companies listed on the Indonesian Islamic Stock Index (ISSI). Research methods used the event study market adjusted model to look at changes in the Average Abnormal Return (AAR) and Trading Volume Activity (TVA) during the announcement. The results of this research show there is a difference in the AAR and TVA before and after the announcement. The investors positively viewed the information content of the tax amnesty policy. The government has made a very good policy and it supports the improvement in the quality of corporate governance and company performance.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

publication:icmr

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Subject

Economics, Econometrics & Finance

Description

The intent of the Editors of The Indonesian Capital Market Review is to discuss, to explore, and to disseminate the latest issues and developments in Empirical Financial Economics particularly those related to financial frictions in the Emerging Markets. The topics cover capital markets, financial ...