THE EFFICIENT MARKET HYPOTHESIS: A CRITICAL REVIEW OF LITERATURE AND METHODOLOGY

The development of the capital markets is changing the relevance and empirical validity of the efficient market hypothesis. The dynamism of capital markets determines the need for efficiency research. The authors analyse the development and the current status of the efficient market hypothesis with...

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Main Authors: Augustas Degutis, Lina Novickytė
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vilnius University Press 2014-01-01
Series:Ekonomika
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Online Access:https://www.journals.vu.lt/ekonomika/article/view/3549
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Summary:The development of the capital markets is changing the relevance and empirical validity of the efficient market hypothesis. The dynamism of capital markets determines the need for efficiency research. The authors analyse the development and the current status of the efficient market hypothesis with an emphasis on the Baltic stock market. Investors often fail to earn an excess profit, but yet stock market anomalies are observed and market prices often deviate from their intrinsic value. The article presents an analysis of the concept of efficient market. Also, the market efficiency evolution is reviewed and its current status is analysed. This paper presents also an examination of stock market efficiency in the Baltic countries. Finally, the research methods are reviewed and the methodology of testing the weak-form efficiency in a developing market is suggested.  
ISSN:1392-1258
2424-6166