Market Efficiency and the Euro: The case of the Athens Stock Exchange

Abstract: The behaviour of an emerging market, the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE), after the introduction of the euro is investigated. The underlying assumption is that stock prices would be more transparent; their performance easier to compare; the exchange rate risk eliminated and as a result we expect the new currency to strengthen the argument, in favour of the EMH. The General ASE Composite Index and the FTSE/ASE 20, which consists of “high capitalisation” companies, are used. Five statistical tests are employed to test the residuals of the random walk model: the BDS, McLeod-Li, Engle LM, Tsay and Bicovariance test. Bootstrap and asymptotic values of these tests are estimated. Alternative models from the GARCH family (GARCH, EGARCH and TGARCH) are also presented in order to investigate the behaviour of the series. Lastly, linear, asymmetric and non-linear error correction models are estimated and compared.

Keywords: Non-Linearity; Market Efficiency; Random Walk; GARCH; non- linear error correction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C22 C52 G10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cfn, nep-fin, nep-fmk, nep-his and nep-ifn
Date: Written 2005-07-29
Note: Type of Document - pdf; pages: 21
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Working Paper: Market Efficiency and the Euro:The case of the Athens Stock Exchange (2003)
Working Paper: Market Efficiency and the Euro:The case of the Athens Stock Exchange (2003)
Working Paper: Market Efficiency and the Euro: The case of the Athens Stock exchange (2008)
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