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Do 18th century ‘bubbles’ survive the scrutiny of 21st century time series econometrics?

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  • Oxley, Les

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Applying the methods of Phillips et al. (2015, PSY), while considering the possibility of non-stationary volatility (Harvey et al., 2016), evidence of exuberance in share prices is confirmed for the South Sea Company, and established for a number of other 18th century financial organisations, for the first time. The timings of these bubble episodes show signs of possible contagion.

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  • Hu, Yang & Oxley, Les, 2018. "Do 18th century ‘bubbles’ survive the scrutiny of 21st century time series econometrics?," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 162(C), pages 131-134.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:162:y:2018:i:c:p:131-134
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2017.09.004
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    Exuberance; Bubble; GSADF test; South Sea; Mississippi;
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    JEL classification:

    • C12 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Hypothesis Testing: General
    • N2 - Economic History - - Financial Markets and Institutions

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