The Effect of Malaysia General Election on Financial Network: An Evidence from Shariah-Compliant Stocks on Bursa Malaysia

• Main Authors: Bahaludin, Hafizah, Amran, Muhammad Hasanuddin
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English; English; English; English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: QA Mathematics
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/92238/1/icraam2020_Abstract_Hafizah_General%20Election.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/92238/7/Acceptance%20Letter_OR-5024_GE.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/92238/8/2_Before%20and%20After%20General%20Election.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/92238/9/programme_and_abstracts_book.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/92238/
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Instead of focusing the volatility of the market, the market participants should consider on how the general election affects the correlation between the stocks during 14th general election Malaysia. The 14th general election of Malaysia was held on 9th May 2018. This event has a great impact towards the stocks listed on Bursa Malaysia. Thus, this study investigates the effect of 14th general election Malaysia towards the correlation between stock in Bursa Malaysia specifically the shariah-compliant stock. In addition, this paper examines the changes in terms of network topology for the duration, sixth months before and after the general election. The minimum spanning tree was used to visualize the correlation between the stocks. Also, the centrality measure, namely degree, closeness and betweenness were computed to identify if any changes of stocks that plays a crucial role in the network for the duration of before and after 14th general election Malaysia.