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Efficiency and Volatility of the Stock Market in Bangladesh: A Macroeconometric Analysis

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Title Efficiency and Volatility of the Stock Market in Bangladesh: A Macroeconometric Analysis
 
Creator HASAN, Md. Abu; Assitant Professor of Economics, Bangladesh Civil Sercice (General Education), Ministry of Education, Bangladesh
 
Subject Efficient market hypothesis; Stock prices; Vector error correction model; GARCH family models; Volatility.
C58; E44; F36; G10; G14.
 
Description Abstract. This study investigates the weak form efficiency of Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH) employing Autocorrelation test, Runs test and Unit Root tests,  and the  nature  of  volatility characteristics of stock returns applying GARCH family models in Bangladesh  stock market using  daily all share price index return  data  of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) from 02 January 1993 to 27 January 2013. This studyalso examines  the semi-strong form  of  the  EMH of DSE based  on  macroeconomic  variable  version  of  the  Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT) applying Cointegration tests, Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) and Granger causality tests,  and  the volatility of the DSE returns in response  to  the  volatility of the  macroeconomic variables employing GARCH family models using monthly data from January 2001 to December 2012.In addition, the short run and long run relationships between macroeconomic variables and aggregate stock prices in Bangladesh have also been determined. Employing both nonparametric tests (Runs test and Phillips-Perron test) and parametric tests (Autocorrelation test and Augmented Dickey-fuller test), this study finds that the DSE of Bangladesh is not weak form efficient. Taking the outcome of VAR models into account, it is found that all selected macroeconomic variables do significantly explain the stock prices of the Bangladesh stock market. As a consequence, it may be concluded that the Bangladesh stock market is not efficient in the semi-strong form of EMH. Results of the estimated MA(1)-GARCH(1,1) and MA(1)-EGARCH(1,1) models reveal that stock market returns of Bangladesh exhibit leptokurtosis, volatility clustering and leverage effect. Results of six GARCH-S models indicate that thevolatility of DSE return is significantly influenced by the volatility of macroeconomic variables, such as, exchange rate, broad money supplyandstock returns of India.Keywords. Efficient market hypothesis, Stock prices, Vector error correction model, GARCH family models, Volatility.JEL. C58, E44, F36, G10, G14.
 
Publisher Turkish Economic Review
Turkish Economic Review
 
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Date 2017-06-18
 
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Identifier http://www.kspjournals.org/index.php/TER/article/view/1274
10.1453/ter.v4i3.1274
 
Source Turkish Economic Review; Vol 4, No 2 (2017): June; 239-249
Turkish Economic Review; Vol 4, No 2 (2017): June; 239-249
2149-0414
 
Language eng
 
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