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Weak-Form Efficiency of Foreign Exchange Market in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Countries: Unit Root Test

This paper will look at the weak-form efficiency of the foreign exchange market in thirty (30) Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries. We employ Augmented Dickey-Fuller (ADF), Philip-Perron (PP) and Kwiatkowski-Phillips-Schmidt-Shin analysis to examine for the uni...

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Main Authors: Ab Ghani, Hartini, Mohd Salleh, Safrul Izani, Long, Yasmiza, Ibrahim, Juliana
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Language:English
Published: 2011
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HB Economic Theory
HJ Public Finance
Online Access:http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/3110/1/FH02-FESP-18-13175.pdf
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spelling my-unisza-ir.31102022-09-13T05:44:32Z http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/3110/ Weak-Form Efficiency of Foreign Exchange Market in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Countries: Unit Root Test Ab Ghani, Hartini Mohd Salleh, Safrul Izani Long, Yasmiza Ibrahim, Juliana HB Economic Theory HJ Public Finance This paper will look at the weak-form efficiency of the foreign exchange market in thirty (30) Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries. We employ Augmented Dickey-Fuller (ADF), Philip-Perron (PP) and Kwiatkowski-Phillips-Schmidt-Shin analysis to examine for the unit root. Using weekly data for the period 2000 to 2007, the results for weak-form efficiency using ADF and PP tests indicate that the exchange rates studied follow random walks. The current value of the exchange rate cannot be predicted using its past values. In addition, the OECD foreign exchange market consistent with the weak-form of the Efficient Market Hypothesis. 2011-12 Article NonPeerReviewed text en http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/3110/1/FH02-FESP-18-13175.pdf Ab Ghani, Hartini and Mohd Salleh, Safrul Izani and Long, Yasmiza and Ibrahim, Juliana (2011) Weak-Form Efficiency of Foreign Exchange Market in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Countries: Unit Root Test. International Journal of Business and Management, 6 (6). pp. 55-65. ISSN 1833-3850
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topic HB Economic Theory
HJ Public Finance
spellingShingle HB Economic Theory
HJ Public Finance
Ab Ghani, Hartini
Mohd Salleh, Safrul Izani
Long, Yasmiza
Ibrahim, Juliana
Weak-Form Efficiency of Foreign Exchange Market in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Countries: Unit Root Test
description This paper will look at the weak-form efficiency of the foreign exchange market in thirty (30) Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries. We employ Augmented Dickey-Fuller (ADF), Philip-Perron (PP) and Kwiatkowski-Phillips-Schmidt-Shin analysis to examine for the unit root. Using weekly data for the period 2000 to 2007, the results for weak-form efficiency using ADF and PP tests indicate that the exchange rates studied follow random walks. The current value of the exchange rate cannot be predicted using its past values. In addition, the OECD foreign exchange market consistent with the weak-form of the Efficient Market Hypothesis.
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author Ab Ghani, Hartini
Mohd Salleh, Safrul Izani
Long, Yasmiza
Ibrahim, Juliana
author_facet Ab Ghani, Hartini
Mohd Salleh, Safrul Izani
Long, Yasmiza
Ibrahim, Juliana
author_sort Ab Ghani, Hartini
title Weak-Form Efficiency of Foreign Exchange Market in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Countries: Unit Root Test
title_short Weak-Form Efficiency of Foreign Exchange Market in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Countries: Unit Root Test
title_full Weak-Form Efficiency of Foreign Exchange Market in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Countries: Unit Root Test
title_fullStr Weak-Form Efficiency of Foreign Exchange Market in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Countries: Unit Root Test
title_full_unstemmed Weak-Form Efficiency of Foreign Exchange Market in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Countries: Unit Root Test
title_sort weak-form efficiency of foreign exchange market in the organisation for economic cooperation and development countries: unit root test
publishDate 2011
url http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/3110/1/FH02-FESP-18-13175.pdf
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