approach to detect both positive and negative bubbles at short-, medium-and long-run for
the stock markets of the BRICS countries. Then, we utilize impulse responses obtained from
the local projection method (LPM) framework to capture the effect of US monetary policy
shocks on the BRICS bloc equity market. The effect of these shocks on the bubble indicators
for each country is limited, with a strong positive impact observed under the medium-term …