Author : Kristoffer Breiner Nielsen
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (755 download)
Book Synopsis Testing the Weak Market Efficiency Hypothesis for the Danish Stock Market by : Kristoffer Breiner Nielsen
Download or read book Testing the Weak Market Efficiency Hypothesis for the Danish Stock Market written by Kristoffer Breiner Nielsen and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this paper the weak Market Efficiency Hypothesis is tested against the Danish stock market. This is done by applying the Kuan and Lee (2004) test of the Martingale Difference Hypothesis to the returns of three major Danish stock indices. The results show indications of return predictability in the Danish stock market, as a number of the tests reject the null hypothesis of the returns following a MD-sequence, though the results are somewhat inconclusive, and vary across size, observation frequency, industry and time. Finally the results of the Danish stock market are compared to those of other major indices world wide, showing a greater level of return predictability of the Danish stock market. These results are discussed and possible explanations presented in the paper, also comparing the results with those of previous empirical research of the Danish stock market. The paper concludes with a discussion of the joint hypothesis problem of whether the results can be interpreted as if the Danish stock market is weak form efficient.