Kasch, Maria; Sarkar, Asani - Federal Reserve Bank of New York - 2011
We find, unlike earlier studies, that there is no rise in the market betas of stocks that enter the S&P 500 index when … stocks are added to the index. This decline is explained by strong increases in earnings and in the market value of the event … stocks in the period around—and, in particular, prior to—their inclusion in the index. We suggest that inclusions to the S …