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January 1, 1988Review of Financial Studies3,821 citations

Stock Market Prices Do Not Follow Random Walks: Evidence from a Simple Specification Test

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ALAndrew W. LoAMA. Craig MacKinlay

Key Points

  • To investigate whether stock market prices adhere to the random walk hypothesis through a specification test.
  • Implemented a simple specification test on stock market data
  • Analyzed price dynamics over defined periods
  • Examined anomalies in price movements
  • Evidence suggests stock market prices do not follow random walks
  • Significant deviations observed in price movements
  • Indicates potential pricing anomalies in financial markets

Abstract

Journal Article Stock Market Prices Do Not Follow Random Walks: Evidence from a Simple Specification Test Get access Andrew W. Lo, Andrew W. Lo University of Pennsylvania Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar A. Craig MacKinlay A. Craig MacKinlay University of Pennsylvania Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Review of Financial Studies, Volume 1, Issue 1, January 1988, Pages 41–66, https://doi.org/10.1093/rfs/1.1.41 Published: 03 April 2015

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