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The relative efficiency of stockmarkets

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  • Sergio Da Silva

    (Department of Economics, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil)

  • Raul Matsushita

    (Department of Statistics, University of Brasilia, Brazil)

  • Ricardo Giglio

    (Department of Economics, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil)

Abstract

Financial economists usually assess market efficiency in absolute terms. This is a shortcoming. One way of dealing with the relative efficiency of markets is to resort to the efficiency interpretation provided by algorithmic complexity theory. This paper employs such an approach in order to rank 36 stock exchanges and 37 individual company stocks in terms of their relative efficiency.

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  • Sergio Da Silva & Raul Matsushita & Ricardo Giglio, 2008. "The relative efficiency of stockmarkets," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 7(6), pages 1-12.
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