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Are European Equity Style Indexes Mean Reverting? Testing the Validity of the Efficient Market Hypothesis

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  • Berneburg, Marian

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The article tests for a random walk in European equity style indexes. After briefly introducing the efficient market hypothesis, equity styles in general and the used statistical techniques (Variance Ratio Test and modified Rescaled Range Test) it is shown that a random walk in European equity style indexes cannot be rejected. At least in the period since the mid 70s, for which this research has been conducted, the weak form efficient market hypothesis seems to hold.

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  • Berneburg, Marian, 2004. "Are European Equity Style Indexes Mean Reverting? Testing the Validity of the Efficient Market Hypothesis," IWH Discussion Papers 193/2004, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH).
    • Handle: RePEc:zbw:iwhdps:iwh-193
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    1. Berneburg, Marian, 2007. "Systematic Mispricing in European Equity Prices?," IWH Discussion Papers 6/2007, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH).
    2. Kim, Jae H. & Shamsuddin, Abul, 2008. "Are Asian stock markets efficient? Evidence from new multiple variance ratio tests," Journal of Empirical Finance, Elsevier, vol. 15(3), pages 518-532, June.

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    Keywords

    Efficient Market Hypothesis; Variance Ratio Test; Rescaled Range Test; Equity Style Investment;
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    JEL classification:

    • G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
    • G14 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies; Insider Trading

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