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Empirical Test of the Martingale Property in Stock Market: Evidence from Nigeria

Received: 26 October 2016     Accepted: 4 January 2017     Published: 21 June 2017
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Abstract

This paper investigates whether the martingale property holds in the Nigerian stock market. A transfer function approach was utilized for the study in which a martingale specification framework was constructed to check if the martingale property holds in line or against the specification conditions for the transfer function technique in the Nigerian stock market. Daily returns from the Nigerian stock market spanning January 1, 2005 to December 31, 2013 were used for the study. Findings from the study revealed that the Nigerian stock market does not exhibit martingale property and hence is weak- form inefficient.

Published in Journal of Finance and Accounting (Volume 5, Issue 4)
DOI 10.11648/j.jfa.20170504.14
Page(s) 147-150
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Keywords

Martingale Property, Martingale Specification, Transfer Function, Stock Market

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  • Department of Banking and Finance, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria

  • Department of Accounting, Lagos State University, Ojo, Nigeria

  • Department of Entrepreneurial Studies, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria

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