Abstract
To go beyond the efficient markets hypothesis (EMH) we suppose that the stock market can be in one of three states: (1) a fundamental state, where share prices are determined largely as in the EMH; (2) a bubble or bull market state, where share prices are above their fundamental levels but are expected to continue to rise further, and (3) a bear market state, where shares are held exclusively by irrational agents and rational agents cannot exploit the overvaluation because of short-selling constraints. Also, heterogeneous rational expectations may help explain some features of stock market behaviour.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 333-351 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Journal | Bulletin of Economic Research |
| Volume | 72 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Early online date | 27 Jan 2020 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jul 2020 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Versions of this paper were presented at a University of Birmingham internal workshop, at a conference at Lancaster University, at the Research Day at Aston University in 2015, at the 2015 Money, Macro and Finance Research Group conference in Cardiff and at the 2016 Manchester CGBCR Conference. The author is grateful to a number of participants who made helpful suggestions, and to two anonymous referees.
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Keywords
- efficient markets hypothesis
- bubbles
- bear markets
- heterogeneous expectations
- G1
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Economics and Econometrics