FIIs and Indian Stock Market: A Causality Investigation

Minakshi Paliwal; S. D. Vashishtha

doi:10.2478/v10103-011-0024-0

Authors

Minakshi Paliwal Department of Commerce, Bharati College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India
S. D. Vashishtha Department of Commerce, M.D. University, Rohtak (Haryana), India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2478/v10103-011-0024-0

Abstract

While the volatility associated with portfolio capital flows is well known, there is also a concern that foreign institutional investors might introduce distortions in the host country markets due to the pressure on them to secure capital gains. In this context, present chapter attempts to find out the direction of causality between foreign institutional investors (FIIs) and performance of Indian stock market. To facilitate a better understanding of the causal linkage between FII flows and contemporaneous stock market returns (BSE National Index), a period of nineteen consecutive financial years ranging from January 1992 to December 2010 is selected. Granger Causality Test has been applied to test the direction of causality.

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