Testing for the Random Walk Hypothesis and Structural Breaks in International Stock Prices

Surachai Chancharat and Abbas Valadkhani
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Economics Working Papers from School of Economics, University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia

Abstract: This paper examines whether stock prices for 16 countries are trend stationary or follow a random walk process using the (Zivot and Andrews, 1992) and (Lumsdaine and Papell, 1997) tests and monthly data (1987:12-2005:12). With one structural break, the ZA test results provide evidence in favour of random walk hypothesis in 14 countries. However, when two endogenously-determined structural breaks are considered, this hypothesis was rejected for only five countries, suggesting a robust conclusion regarding the non-stationarity of stock prices world wide. In addition, the dates of structural break in most cases point to the Asian crisis in the period 1996-1998.

Keywords: stock market; random walk; structural break (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C22 G14 G15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 14 pages
Date: 2007
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