 Is the Equity Market Informationally Efficient in Japan? Evidence from Leveraged Bootstrap AnalysisEconomia Internazionale / International Economics, 2004, vol. 57, issue 4, 461-473 Abstract: This paper defines mathematically different forms for the efficient market hypothesis and tests this hypothesis for the equity market in Japan with respect to the interest rate, industrial production, money supply, consumer price index and the real effective exchange rate during the period 1978-2002. We apply the leveraged bootstrap causality test which is robust to non-normality and ARCH effects. A new information criterion is used to choose the optimal lag order in the VAR model. The causality test results provide empirical evidence that the equity market is informationally efficient with regard to each of these macroeconomic variables. These results are supported by the generalized variance decompositions. Our findings imply that the possibility for arbitrage profits in the equity market is ruled out. Keywords: The Efficient Market Hypothesis; Hacker-Hatemi-J Test; Optimal Lag Order; Japan. (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ris:ecoint:0124 Access Statistics for this article Economia Internazionale / International Economics is currently edited by Giovanni Battista Pittaluga More articles in Economia Internazionale / International Economics from Camera di Commercio Industria Artigianato Agricoltura di Genova Via Garibaldi 4, 16124 Genova, Italy. Contact information at EDIRC. |
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