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

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Paresh Kumar Narayan

Deakin University - School of Accounting, Economics and Finance

Russell Smyth

Monash University - Department of Economics

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.

Suggested Citation

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

Paresh Kumar Narayan (Contact Author)

Deakin University - School of Accounting, Economics and Finance ( email )

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Russell Smyth

Monash University - Department of Economics ( email )

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Australia

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