Kian-Ping Lim and Chee-Wooi Hooy
Manchester School, Wiley-Blackwell, 81(4), 620-637
Publication year: 2013

Abstract

This paper re-examines the persistence and source of non-linear predictability in the stock markets of G7 countries. Applying the Brock–Dechert–Scheinkman (BDS) test on autoregression (AR)-filtered returns in rolling estimation windows, we find evidence of local non-linear predictability in all the sampled stock markets. To identify the source, we apply the BDS test on AR-generalized autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity (GARCH)-filtered returns in rolling windows. After accounting for conditional heteroskedasticity, we still find brief time periods with non-linear predictability in all markets, contradicting the weak-form efficient markets hypothesis.

Keywords

Nonlinear predictability; BDS test; Efficient markets hypothesis; Adaptive markets hypothesis; G7 stock market


Supplementary Materials

BDS Test in EViews