The Egyptian Stock Market : Efficiency Tests and Volatility Effects /

The paper examines the behavior of stock returns in the Egyptian stock exchange, the efficiency of the market in pricing securities, and the relationship between returns and conditional volatility. GARCH(p,q)-M models estimated for the four best known daily indices indicate significant departures fr...

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主要作者: Mecagni, Mauro
其他作者: Sawky Sourial, Maged
格式: 杂志
语言:English
出版: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1999.
丛编:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1999/048
在线阅读:Full text available on IMF
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总结:The paper examines the behavior of stock returns in the Egyptian stock exchange, the efficiency of the market in pricing securities, and the relationship between returns and conditional volatility. GARCH(p,q)-M models estimated for the four best known daily indices indicate significant departures from the efficient market hypothesis; the tendency for returns to exhibit volatility clustering; and a significant positive link between risk and returns, which was significantly affected during the market downturn that followed the introduction of circuit breakers in the form of symmetric price limits on individual shares.
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ISSN:1018-5941
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