An empirical study of rational bubbles in Chinese stock market: Evidence from Shanghai Stock Exchange

ABSTRACT The economy in China has steadily grown for thirty years. However, as the most important financial channel, the stock market in China obviously does not soar in accord with the economy. The depression ended at 2006, at which time the Chinese stock market began to rise. Until June 2007, the...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zhang, Yu
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2007
Subjects:
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/21200/
_version_ 1848792204852592640
author Zhang, Yu
author_facet Zhang, Yu
author_sort Zhang, Yu
building Nottingham Research Data Repository
collection Online Access
description ABSTRACT The economy in China has steadily grown for thirty years. However, as the most important financial channel, the stock market in China obviously does not soar in accord with the economy. The depression ended at 2006, at which time the Chinese stock market began to rise. Until June 2007, the SSE index has increased from around 1,500 points to nearly 4,000 points in one year. Is this flourish rationally reflected the fundamental value or the fad to induce bubbles? The scholars in China are still disputing on this topic. By providing an empirical evidence for the actuality of Chinese stock market, this dissertation aims to see to what extend the bubbles are present in Chinese stock market. Furthermore, a discussion on the cause of bubbles will be given to support the empirical result. The tool to detect bubbles is called duration dependence which was first introduced by McQueen (1994). The rational of the duration dependence is the possibility that the bubbles burst will decline with the length they last. If such property is observed in the runs of positive abnormal series, then it can be concluded that the bubbles are present. To obtain the abnormal return series, the improved AR (3) ,GARCH (1, 1) model is adopted. The result of significant negative parameter of the duration dependence test indicates that bubbles possibly exist and are enlarging in Chinese stock market, especially after 2002.
first_indexed 2025-11-14T18:40:42Z
format Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
id nottingham-21200
institution University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus
institution_category Local University
language English
last_indexed 2025-11-14T18:40:42Z
publishDate 2007
recordtype eprints
repository_type Digital Repository
spelling nottingham-212002018-02-21T20:00:33Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/21200/ An empirical study of rational bubbles in Chinese stock market: Evidence from Shanghai Stock Exchange Zhang, Yu ABSTRACT The economy in China has steadily grown for thirty years. However, as the most important financial channel, the stock market in China obviously does not soar in accord with the economy. The depression ended at 2006, at which time the Chinese stock market began to rise. Until June 2007, the SSE index has increased from around 1,500 points to nearly 4,000 points in one year. Is this flourish rationally reflected the fundamental value or the fad to induce bubbles? The scholars in China are still disputing on this topic. By providing an empirical evidence for the actuality of Chinese stock market, this dissertation aims to see to what extend the bubbles are present in Chinese stock market. Furthermore, a discussion on the cause of bubbles will be given to support the empirical result. The tool to detect bubbles is called duration dependence which was first introduced by McQueen (1994). The rational of the duration dependence is the possibility that the bubbles burst will decline with the length they last. If such property is observed in the runs of positive abnormal series, then it can be concluded that the bubbles are present. To obtain the abnormal return series, the improved AR (3) ,GARCH (1, 1) model is adopted. The result of significant negative parameter of the duration dependence test indicates that bubbles possibly exist and are enlarging in Chinese stock market, especially after 2002. 2007 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/21200/1/07MAlixyz30.pdf Zhang, Yu (2007) An empirical study of rational bubbles in Chinese stock market: Evidence from Shanghai Stock Exchange. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] (Unpublished) Duration dependence
spellingShingle Duration dependence
Zhang, Yu
An empirical study of rational bubbles in Chinese stock market: Evidence from Shanghai Stock Exchange
title An empirical study of rational bubbles in Chinese stock market: Evidence from Shanghai Stock Exchange
title_full An empirical study of rational bubbles in Chinese stock market: Evidence from Shanghai Stock Exchange
title_fullStr An empirical study of rational bubbles in Chinese stock market: Evidence from Shanghai Stock Exchange
title_full_unstemmed An empirical study of rational bubbles in Chinese stock market: Evidence from Shanghai Stock Exchange
title_short An empirical study of rational bubbles in Chinese stock market: Evidence from Shanghai Stock Exchange
title_sort empirical study of rational bubbles in chinese stock market: evidence from shanghai stock exchange
topic Duration dependence
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/21200/