Researchers have reported mispricing in index options markets. This study further examines the efficiency of the S&P 500 index options market by testing theoretical pricing relationships implied by no-arbitrage conditions. The effect of a traded stock basket, Standard and Poor’s Depository Receipts (SPDRs), on the link between index and options markets is also examined. Pricing efficiency withi...

passing two decades of tehran stock exchange reopening, the transaction volume and number of accepted companies in it, have been enormously increased and engaged so many real and incorporated stock holders. therefore, gradually it will find its significant role in the country economy and this will double the responsibility of researchers in the economic field for utilizing more new and effectiv...

The efficient market hypothesis suggests that stock markets are “informationally efficient”. That is, any new information relevant to the market is spontaneously reflected in the stock prices. A consequence of this hypothesis is that past prices cannot have any predictive power for future prices once the current prices have been used as an explanatory variable. In other words the change in futu...

With trend of globalization in the international financial market, a more intimate relationship of capital flows is being formed day by day in capital market. Thus, it is important to understand the relationship of individual country with others in the international stock markets. The main purpose of this study is to explore the relationship of Stock Indices among China, US, and Japan. The stud...

The objective of this study is to examine the effect of prevailing market sentiments in real estate markets on the stock market response to the outcomes of real estate auctions in Hong Kong. The reactions of stock market to the winners of the auctions have at least two interesting implications. On one hand, the success in acquiring a real estate implies that the developer has acquired a project...

This paper looks at the cross-section of stock returns for the particular case of emerging markets. For each of 21 emerging markets I investigate the role of a set of a priori specified factors in the cross-section of returns, and subsequently assess whether the important factors are common. I use new data on emerging markets’ individual stocks from the Emerging Markets Data Base. My results in...

a r t i c l e i n f o JEL classification: G01 G11 G15 Keywords: Stock market integration DCC-GARCH model Price differentials Exchange rate risk Trade linkages GFC EGARCH In this study, we examine the patterns and causes of stock market integration of selected emerging Asian nations against the US, Australia, China, and India for the period 1 January 2001 to 31 March 2012. We compare patterns of...

The present study aimed at investigating the existence of long memory properties in ten emerging stock markets across the globe. When return series exhibit long memory, it indicates that observed returns are not independent over time. If returns are not independent, past returns can help predict future returns, thereby violating the market efficiency hypothesis. It poses a serious challenge to ...