@article{Mainul Ahsan_Gani_Bokhtiar Hasan_2012, title={Margin Requirements and Stock Market Volatility in Bangladesh}, volume={3}, url={https://informaticsjournals.com/index.php/sdmimd/article/view/2741}, DOI={10.18311/sdmimd/2012/2741}, abstractNote={Officially margin requirements in bourses in Bangladesh were initiated on April 28, 1999, to limit the amount of credit available for the purpose of buying stocks. The goal of this paper is to measure the impact of changing margin requirement on stock returns’ volatility in Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE). The impact of margin requirement on stock price volatility has been extensively studied with mixed and ambiguous results. Using daily stock returns, we found mixed evidence that SEC’s margin requirements have significant impact on market volatility in DSE.}, number={2}, journal={SDMIMD Journal of Management}, author={Mainul Ahsan, A. F. M. and Gani, Mohammad Osman and Bokhtiar Hasan, Md.}, year={2012}, month={Sep.}, pages={29–42} }