The crises have tremendous impact on both economy and stock market in Thailand. During the
crises, the inflation rate rose which resulted in higher required rate of return as well as higher
stock market volatility. Consequently, it leaded to drop in stock prices to keep the level of price to equity ratio. In the view of inflation volatility, the increasing inflation volatility stimulatedstock market instability. As a result, it initiates the same consequences as stated earlier.
Fama (1981) proposed proxy hypothesis which illustrates the negative relationship between inflation rate and stock prices. The negative stock returns – inflation relationship is explained by the positive relationship between stock returns and basic determinants of equity values, such as
capital expenditures, average real rate of return capital and productivity of a company (Fama,
1981).