Testing Limited Arbitrage: The Case of the Tunisian Stock Market

Authors

  • Salem Brahim Institut supérieur d’informatique,Tunis El Manar University
  • Kamel Naoui Department of accounting and finance, Business School of Tunis Manouba University
  • Akrem brahim Phd in finance,Tunis El Manar University

Keywords:

Tunisian Stock Market, arbitrage, financial markets, TSE

Abstract

This paper aims at showing that arbitrage, theoretically used as a mechanism of establishing equilibrium in financial markets, is limited in reality. Because of numerous obstacles and risks to arbitrage, assets prices become more and more biased and exhibit numerous anomalies. Like Lam and Wei (2011), in our study we show that arbitrage is limited. To this end, we use a sample of 20 firms listed on the Tunis Stock Exchange (TSE) over a period stretching from July 2007 to June 2012. The results indicate that arbitrage is limited and does not play a fundamental role in stabilizing prices.

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Published

2014-04-19

How to Cite

Salem Brahim, Kamel Naoui, & Akrem brahim. (2014). Testing Limited Arbitrage: The Case of the Tunisian Stock Market. International Journal of Empirical Finance, 2(2), 65–74. Retrieved from https://rassorg.com/IJEF/article/view/25

Issue

International Journal of Empirical Finance (IJEF) - Volume 2, Issue 2

Section

Articles