Catarina Revez – School of Business and Administration, Polytechnic Institute of SetΓΊbal, Portugal
Rui Dias – School of Business and Administration, Polytechnic Institute of SetΓΊbal, Portugal; CEFAGE-UE, IIFA, University of Γvora, Portugal
Nicole Horta – School of Business and Administration, Polytechnic Institute of SetΓΊbal, Portugal
Paula Heliodoro – School of Business and Administration, Polytechnic Institute of SetΓΊbal, Portugal
Paulo Alexandre – School of Business and Administration, Polytechnic Institute of SetΓΊbal, Portugal
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31410/EMAN.S.P.2022.49
6th International Scientific Conference – EMAN 2022 – Economics and Management: How to Cope With Disrupted Times, Ljubljana, Slovenia, March 24, 2022, SELECTED PAPERS, published by: Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans, Belgrade, Serbia; ISBN 978-86-80194-58-5, ISSN 2683-4510
Abstract:
This paper aims to test efficiency, in its weak form, in the capiΒtal markets of the Philippines (PSEi), South Korea (KOSPI), Indonesia (JKSE), Thailand (SET), Malaysia (KLCI), China (SSEC) and Hong Kong (HSI) over the period from January 2, 2017, to February 17, 2022. The return series shows signs of deviation from the normality hypothesis, given the skewness and kurtosis coefficients. The results, therefore, support the conclusion that the random walk hypothesis is not supported by the indices, the values of the variance ratios are in all cases less than unity, implying that the returns are autocorrelated over time and there is mean reversion in all indices. The reΒsults obtained allow for the rejection of the random walk hypothesis and the informational efficiency hypothesis of financial markets. These findings also open room for market regulators to pursue measures to ensure better inforΒmation in these regional markets.
Keywords:
Asian Markets; Variance ratio; Random walk; Arbitrage
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