Random Walk Versus Multiple Trend Breaks in Stock Prices: Evidence from 15 European Markets
Applied Financial Economics Letters, 2(1): 1-7.
Posted: 11 Jun 2012
Date Written: 2006
Abstract
This letter extends research reported in Narayan and Smyth (2005) by employing multiple trend break unit root tests to examine the random walk hypothesis for 15 European stock market indices. The results provide strong support for the view that stock prices are characterized by a random walk.
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Narayan, Paresh Kumar and Smyth, Russell, Random Walk Versus Multiple Trend Breaks in Stock Prices: Evidence from 15 European Markets (2006). Applied Financial Economics Letters, 2(1): 1-7., Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2081218
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