The Egyptian Stock Market: Efficiency Tests and Volatility Effects

Author/Editor:

Mauro Mecagni ; Maged Sawky Sourial

Publication Date:

April 1, 1999

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

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.

Series:

Working Paper No. 1999/048

Subject:

Capital markets Emerging and frontier financial markets Financial institutions Financial markets Market capitalization Stock markets Stocks

Frequency:

Irregular

English

Publication Date:

April 1, 1999

ISBN/ISSN:

9781451846720/1018-5941

Stock No:

WPIEA0481999

Pages:

30

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