In this paper we demonstrate that the measurement of stock market efficiency is an important activity in establishing whether eastern European countries satisfy the Copenhagen Criteria for EU membership. Specifically, we argue that developing an efficient stock market should be an important...

The use of the GARCH-class of models is commonplace when examining stock market returns. In this paper we use data on stock markets in two transition economies to demonstrate the importance of using the correct GARCH specification. When returns are characterised by ‘fat tails’ or kurtosis...

The paper uses cointegration techniques and a variety of different price-level and interest-rate proxies to investigate the presence of the Gibson paradox in UK data for the period 1821-1913. Qualified evidence is found in favour of the paradox.

This paper analyzes the empirical fulfillment of the real interest rate parity (RIRP) theory for a pool of central and east European countries. To do so, we apply the recently developed Ng and Perron (2001) unit root tests, which are corrected versions of existing unit root tests, and the...

In this article we use nonlinear tests to investigate the mean reverting properties of stock prices in a group of Central and East European (CEE) markets. We also test whether returns in our target group of countries demonstrate characteristics of persistence and cross-sectional dependence. Our...

This article investigates comovement in stock markets between the emerging economies of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the developed markets of Western Europe. Three approaches are employed to examine this issue. The first two approaches, time-varying realized correlation ratios and...

The concept of market efficiency has been investigated thoroughly in recent years, with most studies focussing on developed economies. Far fewer investigations have been carried out into emerging markets, and results have been mixed. Some emerging markets appear to be weak form efficient whereas...

In this paper we provide an insight into the inflation dynamics in a panel of Central and Eastern European countries. Applying unit root tests and allowing for nonlinearities, we show that inflation rates in more than half of these countries are stationary.

This paper investigates stock market convergence of Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries to the rest of Europe. Three approaches are used to obtain time-varying estimates of the comovement between returns on CEE and EU stock exchanges: (1) realised correlation analysis; (2) rolling unit...

In this paper we provide an insight into the inflation dynamics in a panel of Central and Eastern European countries. These countries are selected because of their increasing importance in the EU and their likely increased future importance in monetary policy decisions inside the euro area. By...