Testing the efficiency of the wine market using unit root tests with sharp and smooth breaks

This paper examines the efficient market hypothesis for the wine market using a novel unit root test while accounting for sharp shifts and smooth breaks in the monthly data. We find evidence of structural shifts and nonlinearity in the wine indices. Contrary to the results from conventional linear u...

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Main Authors: Elie Bouri, Tsangyao Chang, Rangan Gupta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2017-12-01
Series:Wine Economics and Policy
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212977417300108
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description This paper examines the efficient market hypothesis for the wine market using a novel unit root test while accounting for sharp shifts and smooth breaks in the monthly data. We find evidence of structural shifts and nonlinearity in the wine indices. Contrary to the results from conventional linear unit root tests, when we account for sharp shifts and smooth breaks, the unit root null for each of the wine indices has been rejected. Overall, our results suggest that the wine market is inefficient when we incorporate breaks. We provide some practical and policy implications of our findings. Keywords: Wine market, Efficiency, Sharp and smooth breaks, Unit root tests
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spelling doaj-art-97733e67d30c4f85a3b15c1c3db5d45f2025-08-02T14:31:07ZengFirenze University PressWine Economics and Policy2212-97742017-12-01628087Testing the efficiency of the wine market using unit root tests with sharp and smooth breaksElie Bouri0Tsangyao Chang1Rangan Gupta2USEK Business School, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, PO BOX 446, Jounieh, Lebanon; Corresponding author.School of Finance, Hubei University of Economics, Hubei, ChinaDepartment of Economics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South AfricaThis paper examines the efficient market hypothesis for the wine market using a novel unit root test while accounting for sharp shifts and smooth breaks in the monthly data. We find evidence of structural shifts and nonlinearity in the wine indices. Contrary to the results from conventional linear unit root tests, when we account for sharp shifts and smooth breaks, the unit root null for each of the wine indices has been rejected. Overall, our results suggest that the wine market is inefficient when we incorporate breaks. We provide some practical and policy implications of our findings. Keywords: Wine market, Efficiency, Sharp and smooth breaks, Unit root testshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212977417300108
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title Testing the efficiency of the wine market using unit root tests with sharp and smooth breaks
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