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Type Working Paper
Scope Discipline-based scholarship
Title Has the Pricing of Stocks Become More Global?
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Authors
  • Ivan Petzev
  • Andreas Schrimpf
  • Alexander Wagner
Language
  • English
Institution University of Zurich
Series Name Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper
Number 15-48
Number of Pages 79
Date 2016
Abstract Text We show that in recent years global factor models have been catching up significantly with their local counterparts in terms of explanatory power (R2) for international stock returns. This catch-up is driven by a rise in global factor betas, not a rise in factor volatilities, suggesting that the effect is likely to be permanent. Yet, there is no conclusive evidence for a global factor model catch-up in terms of pricing errors (alpha) or a convergence in country-specific factor premia. These findings suggest that global financial markets have progressed surprisingly little towards fully integrated pricing, different from what should be expected under financial market integration. We discuss alternative explanations for these patterns and assess implications for practice.
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Digital Object Identifier 10.2139/ssrn.2693024
Other Identification Number merlin-id:12565
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Keywords International Asset Pricing, Size, Value, Momentum, Financial Integration, Factor Models