Testing for bubbles in the BRICS stock markets
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether there exist multiple bubbles in the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) stock markets.
Design/methodology/approach
In this study, the authors apply the generalized sup Augmented Dickey-Fuller test, a new recursive test proposed by Phillips et al. (2015) and use monthly data on stock price-dividend ratio.
Findings
The empirical results indicate that there exist multiple bubbles in the stock markets of the BRICS. Further, the dates of the bubbles also correspond to specific events in the stock markets of these economies. This finding has important economic and policy implications.
Originality/value
The authors declare that this paper is original and has not been published by another journal previously.
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Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank two anonymous referees for many helpful comments. However, any remaining errors are solely the authors.
Citation
Chang, T., Gil-Alana, L., Aye, G.C., Gupta, R. and Ranjbar, O. (2016), "Testing for bubbles in the BRICS stock markets", Journal of Economic Studies, Vol. 43 No. 4, pp. 646-660. https://doi.org/10.1108/JES-07-2014-0128
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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