Evidence of random walk in Pakistan stock exchange: An emerging stock market study
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Random walk; Weak-form efficiency; Karachi stock exchange; Pakistan stock exchange; Unit root test; Autocorrelation.;All these keywords.
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- G10 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - General (includes Measurement and Data)
- G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates
- G14 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies; Insider Trading
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