Market Efficiency: Stock Market Behavior in Theory and Practice

by Andrew W. Lo (Editor), Richard Roll (Editor)

Overview

The Efficient Markets Hypothesis is one of the most controversial and hotly contested ideas in all the social sciences. It is disarmingly simple to state, has far-reaching consequences for academic pursuits and business practice, and yet is surprisingly resilient to empirical proof of refutation. Even after three decades of research and literally thousands of journal articles, economists have not yet reached a consensus about whether markets - particularly financial markets - are efficient or not.

These two volumes bring together the most influential articles surrounding the Efficient Markets Hypothesis debate, from Paul Samuelson’s pathbreaking proof that properly anticipated prices fluctuate randomly to Fischer Black’s study of noise traders, from Eugene Fama’s empirical implementation of the Efficient Markets Hypothesis to Robert Merton’s analysis of stock price volatility.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781858981611
Publisher:	Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication date:	01/28/1997
Series:	The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics
Pages:	1224
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.80(h) x 3.58(d)

About the Author

Edited by Andrew W. Lo, Charles E. and Susan T. Harris Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management and Director, MIT Laboratory for Financial Engineering, Cambridge, Massachusetts, US

Table of Contents

Contents: Volume I: Introduction Part I: Theoretical Foundations Part II: The Random Walk Hypothesis Index • Volume II: Introduction Part I: Variance Bounds Tests Part II: Overreaction and Underreaction Part III: Anomalies Name Index

Editorial Reviews

’This is a most welcome and useful collection of 49 classic articles on the theory and practice of stock markets . . . This collection of classical (and some not so classical) articles on the behaviour of stocks and stock returns will be a most welcome addition to the library of anybody with an interest in empirical finance in general and stock markets in particular . . . it is nice to have them [the articles] collected together so conveniently in one neat and handsome place like this.’
- Walter Kramer, Statistical Papers

From the Publisher

Two volumes present the most influential articles surrounding the efficient markets hypothesis debate, from Paul Samuelson's proof that properly anticipated prices fluctuate randomly to Fischer Black's study of noise traders, and from Eugene Fama's empirical implementation of the efficient markets hypothesis to Robert Merton's analysis of stock price volatility. Volume one contains 20 articles divided into two sections: theoretical foundations and the random walk hypothesis. Volume two contains 29 articles in three sections: variance bounds tests, overreaction and underreaction, and anomalies. Papers originally appeared in books and journals published between 1959 and 1993. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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