Management Review ›› 2021, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (3): 66-74.

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An Empirical Study on the Impact of Pharmaceutical Policies on the Stock Market of Pharmaceutical Industry in China: An Application of Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition

Yang Tao1,2, Wei Yunjie3,4   

  1. 1. School of Economics and Management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190;
    2. Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730;
    3. Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190;
    4. Centerfor Forecasting Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190
  • Received:2020-10-31 Online:2021-03-28 Published:2021-04-06

Abstract: Pharmaceutical policy has been changing constantly for many years in China, and it has influenced the development of pharmaceutical industry to some degree. As the pharmaceutical industry has played a more and more important role in the stock market, how the pharmaceutical policy affects the stock market of pharmaceutical industry is one of the research hot points. In this paper, firstly, the Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition (EEMD) is utilized to decompose the intraday volatility of Shanghai and Shenzhen 300 and the pharmaceutical index; secondly, the IMFs are reconstructed to analyze the differences between the intermediate frequency parts of those two series; thirdly, based on the promulgation time of medical policies, this paper explores the dynamic relationships between medical reform policies and the fluctuations of the secondary market of the pharmaceutical industry and analyzes the impact of medical reform policies on the secondary market of the pharmaceutical industry. The release of pharmaceutical policies is closely related to the fluctuation of the pharmaceutical index. Affected by new medical reform policies such as the quality and efficacy consistency evaluation of generic drugs, the pilot program of the drug marketing authorization holder system, reform and improvement of the supply and the use of generic drugs, the pharmaceutical index has risen to varying degrees, rising by 10.96%, 3.47% and 1.31% respectively. Meanwhile, affected by new medical reform policies such as “Deepening the Medical and Health System Reform in 2016”, the “two invoice system” and the cancellation of drug markups, and the “4+7” urban drug centralized procurement, the pharmaceutical index has dropped by 3.79%, 0.87% and 7.98% respectively. This study can provide scientific evidence for government to make relevant decisions, enterprises to adjust the development direction and investors' investment behavior.

Key words: ensemble empirical mode decomposition, pharmaceutical policy, pharmaceutical industry, stock market