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Table 2 Descriptive Statistics for Emerging Markets

From: Evaluation of forecasting methods from selected stock market returns

Country

Mean

Standard Deviation

Skewness

Kurtosis

Jarque–Bera Statistic

Tsay Test

Brazil

0.055547

1.769091

0.075096

7.347967

3439.261

(0.00000)

Nonlinear

China

0.016499

1.585054

−0.218775

7.684998

4025.909

(0.00000)

Nonlinear

Egypt

0.079649

1.658833

−0.121416

13.15053

18,891.65

(0.00000)

Nonlinear

India

0.059777

1.414324

0.120611

12.83913

17,795.20

(0.00000)

Nonlinear

Indonesia

0.070676

1.326156

−0.501572

9.570707

8083.189

(0.00000)

Nonlinear

Mexico

0.051820

1.213204

0.153714

9.356521

7644.352

(0.00000)

Nonlinear

Russia

0.082735

1.965327

0.370012

24.33804

85,492.66

(0.00000)

Nonlinear

South Africa

0.047609

1.298747

0.036830

6.299922

2044.612

(0.00000)

Nonlinear

Thailand

0.047775

1.263998

−0.520070

13.23751

19,417.31

(0.00000)

Nonlinear

Turkey

0.069655

1.973356

−0.037463

9.689365

8426.657

(0.00000)

Nonlinear