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Stock Market Anomalies in South Africa and its Neighbouring Countries

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  • Chia Ricky Chee-Jiun

    (Labuan school of International Business and Finance, Universiti Malaysia Sabah)

  • Lim Shiok Ye

    (Labuan School of International Business and Finance, Universiti Malaysia Sabah.)

Abstract

This study adopted the alternative approach called closure test principle which is proposed by Alt et al. (2011) to examine the stock market anomalies in South Africa and its Neighbouring Countries. Overall, Egypt is the only country that has a strong Monday effect. On the other hand, weak Monday effect is found in Mauritius, Nigeria and Tunisia stock markets. When the time-varying volatility in the market returns is taken into account by the EGARCH – M model, strong Monday volatility is found in Egypt while Kenya and Nigeria is found to have weak Monday volatility.

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  • Chia Ricky Chee-Jiun & Lim Shiok Ye, 2011. "Stock Market Anomalies in South Africa and its Neighbouring Countries," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 31(4), pages 3123-3137.
    • Handle: RePEc:ebl:ecbull:eb-11-00615
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    Keywords

    Monday Effect; Multiple Hypotheses Testing; Closed Test Procedures;
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    JEL classification:

    • G1 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets
    • C1 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General

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