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Financial crisis and market efficiency: evidence from European stock markets

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  • Tung Liang Liao
  • Li-Chueh Tsai
  • Mei-Chu Ke
  • Yi-Chein Chiang
  • Chuan-Hao Hsu

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This study examines market efficiency levels for the 16 European major stock markets in response to the 2018 financial crisis. Stochastic dominance is used to investigate the existence of four popular value premium (VP) indicators, including book-to-market, earnings-to-price, cash earnings-to-price and dividend-to-price ratios, so a total of 64 $ (4 \times 16) $ (4×16) market-indicator observations are formed in the pre- and post-crisis periods, respectively. Stocks in the top (bottom) 30% of each indicator are defined as value (growth) portfolio, dubbed 30-40-30 splitting, and 20-60-20 and 10-80-10 partitions are also constructed in this study. Difference test shows that the ratio of the existence of the VP for each partition in the pre-crisis period is significantly higher than its corresponding partition in the post-crisis period, respectively, indicating that market efficiency levels are impacted by financial crisis. Next, difference test also shows that the ratio of the existence of the VP for 30-40-30 partition is significantly lower than that for 20-60-20 partition in the per- and post-crisis periods, respectively. However, the ratio of the existence of the VP between 20-60-20 and 10-80-10 partitions is not significantly different in the pre- and post-crisis periods, respectively.

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  • Tung Liang Liao & Li-Chueh Tsai & Mei-Chu Ke & Yi-Chein Chiang & Chuan-Hao Hsu, 2019. "Financial crisis and market efficiency: evidence from European stock markets," The European Journal of Finance, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 25(13), pages 1194-1210, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:eurjfi:v:25:y:2019:i:13:p:1194-1210
    DOI: 10.1080/1351847X.2019.1584579
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    2. Kedžo Margareta Gardijan, 2022. "COVID-19 pandemic impact on investment prospective in selected CEE stock markets: A stochastic dominance approach," Croatian Review of Economic, Business and Social Statistics, Sciendo, vol. 8(2), pages 28-42, December.
    3. Chang, Hao-Wen & Chiang, Yi-Chein & Ke, Mei-Chu & Wang, Ming-Hui & Nguyen, Tien-Trung, 2023. "Market efficiency of Asian stock markets during the financial crisis and non-financial crisis periods," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 83(C), pages 312-329.
    4. Seungho Lee, 2022. "The COVID-19 pandemic, short-sale ban, and market efficiency: empirical evidence from the European equity markets," Journal of Asset Management, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 23(2), pages 156-171, March.

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