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Market Efficiency and Event Study
Market Efficiency and Event Study
Market Efficiency and Event Study
MARKET EFFICIENCY
Samit Paul
IIM, Calcutta
What Is EMH?
Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH) has been developed by
Prof. E. Fama.
Price
Time
Weak a
Semi-Strong a+b
Strong a+b+c
Where,
a = Past Securities Prices Information
b = Generally Available Public Information
c = Privately Held (Monopolistic or Insider) Information
EMH
News Time
The impact of news according to EMH
News Time
The impact of news if market is not
efficient
News Time
The impact of news if market is not
efficient
Expected ( E )
t 1
t
+8
+7
+6
+5
+4
+3
+2
+1
0
-10 -8 -6 -4 -2 0 +2 +4 +6 +8 +10
+8
+7
+6
+5
+4
+3
+2
+1
0
-10 -8 -6 -4 -2 0 +2 +4 +6 +8 +10