Are exchange rates serially correlated?: New evidence from the Euro FX markets

This paper examines the serial uncorrelatedness hypothesis in the Euro FX markets by testing for autocorrelation in daily FX returns of 82 countries over the period of 1999–2010. We use three newly developed tests that are robust to conditional heteroskedasticity of unknown forms and that do not cho...

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Main Authors: Cheung, Adrian, Su, J., Choo, A.K.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier BV * North-Holland 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/5380
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Su, J.
Choo, A.K.
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Choo, A.K.
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description This paper examines the serial uncorrelatedness hypothesis in the Euro FX markets by testing for autocorrelation in daily FX returns of 82 countries over the period of 1999–2010. We use three newly developed tests that are robust to conditional heteroskedasticity of unknown forms and that do not choose a lag parameter arbitrarily. They are Escanciano & Lobato (2009)'s automatic Box–Pierce Qp test, Nankervis & Savin (2010)'s generalized Andrews–Ploberger test and Deo (2000)'s robust Durlauf test. We find no significant autocorrelation in the FX returns of around 58 to 62 countries, suggesting that majority of the Euro FX markets are weak-form efficient.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-53802017-09-13T16:08:22Z Are exchange rates serially correlated?: New evidence from the Euro FX markets Cheung, Adrian Su, J. Choo, A.K. Euro exchange rate markets Market efficiency Serial uncorrelatedness This paper examines the serial uncorrelatedness hypothesis in the Euro FX markets by testing for autocorrelation in daily FX returns of 82 countries over the period of 1999–2010. We use three newly developed tests that are robust to conditional heteroskedasticity of unknown forms and that do not choose a lag parameter arbitrarily. They are Escanciano & Lobato (2009)'s automatic Box–Pierce Qp test, Nankervis & Savin (2010)'s generalized Andrews–Ploberger test and Deo (2000)'s robust Durlauf test. We find no significant autocorrelation in the FX returns of around 58 to 62 countries, suggesting that majority of the Euro FX markets are weak-form efficient. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/5380 10.1016/j.rfe.2011.12.001 Elsevier BV * North-Holland restricted
spellingShingle Euro exchange rate markets
Market efficiency
Serial uncorrelatedness
Cheung, Adrian
Su, J.
Choo, A.K.
Are exchange rates serially correlated?: New evidence from the Euro FX markets
title Are exchange rates serially correlated?: New evidence from the Euro FX markets
title_full Are exchange rates serially correlated?: New evidence from the Euro FX markets
title_fullStr Are exchange rates serially correlated?: New evidence from the Euro FX markets
title_full_unstemmed Are exchange rates serially correlated?: New evidence from the Euro FX markets
title_short Are exchange rates serially correlated?: New evidence from the Euro FX markets
title_sort are exchange rates serially correlated?: new evidence from the euro fx markets
topic Euro exchange rate markets
Market efficiency
Serial uncorrelatedness
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/5380