The random walk hypothesis for Chinese stock markets: Evidence from variance ratio tests

This study examines the random walk hypothesis for the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock markets for both A and B shares, using daily data over the period 1992-2007. The hypothesis is tested with new multiple variance ratio tests - Whang-Kim subsampling and Kim's wild bootstrap tests - as well as the conventional multiple Chow-Denning test. We find that Class B shares for Chinese stock exchanges do not follow the random walk hypothesis, and therefore are significantly inefficient. The Class A shares seem more efficient.

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Source ISSN: 0939-3625
Author Charles, Amélie, Darné, Olivier
Maintainer CCSD
Last Updated May 15, 2026, 12:41 (UTC)
Created May 15, 2026, 12:41 (UTC)
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Language en
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contributor Audencia Business School
creator Charles, Amélie
date 2009-05-15T00:00:00
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