Business and Entrepreneurial Review
Vol. 5 No. 1 (2005): Volume 5, No. 1 October 2005

Bid-Ask Spread Analysis on Stock Split in Jakarta Stock Exchange

Lion Simbolon (BPK RI)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Jan 2006

Abstract

The background of this study is based on the data from Jakarta Stock Exchange as to increasing number of outstanding stocks, significant increase of value of traded stock, fluctuating volume of traded stock and the bid-ask spread as for January 2004 to March 2005. The objectives of this study is to identify the divergence of price, trade volume, and stock price volatility as well as bid-ask spread before and after the stock split; and find out the effect of price, trade volume, and stock price volatility towards spread percentage before and after the stock split. The method of this study applies correlational study to find out the degree of variation among the factors. Stock price, stock price volatility, and trade volume are classified as dependent variable and bid-ask spread is classified as independent variable. Data analysis used in this study is multiple linear regression method with the assumption that the dependent variables are not correlated or no multicollinearity is existed. This study also applied two hypothesis tests: t -test and F-test.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ber

Publisher

Subject

Decision Sciences, Operations Research & Management

Description

Business and Entrepreneurial Review is published by Program Pascasarjana Universitas Trisakti. The editorial receives general writing, management and entrepreneurship areas in which no other media has ever been published and reviews of new management books and marketing services. Preferred writing ...