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geographical diversification have been subjected to test. The validation of the said theory has been made via hypothesis testing in …
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The principles of behavioral psychology can explain how crashes occur. In particular, the concept of "stimulus generalization" tells us that organisms tend to respond in the same way to similar stimuli. In a crash, or pre-crash, context, several stimuli - including rising prices, above-average...
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The first part of this thesis aims to analyse the weaknesses of capitalization-based indexing methods and compares different weighting strategies, which are dedicated to alleviate the conspicuous flaws. At the present day, these alternative portfolio construction schemes are popularly labelled...
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We show that log-dividends (d) and log-prices (p) are cointegrated, but, instead of de facto assuming the stationarity of the classical log dividend–price ratio, we allow the data to reveal the cointegration vector between d and p. We define the modified dividend–price ratio (mdp), as the...
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The first generation of indexing started with plain vanilla market-cap weighted indices. Based on the 1st generation of indexing, "smarter" approaches to equity beta were created, which are nowadays marketed as "Smart Beta" indices (2nd generation). Nevertheless these still exhibit severe...
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For more than three decades, empirical analysis of stochastic dominance was restricted to settings with mutually exclusive choice alternatives. In recent years, a number of methods for testing efficiency of diversified portfolios have emerged, which can be classified into three main categories:...
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examine preferences for international diversification versus domestic diversification from American investors’ viewpoints. Our … PO results imply that the domestic diversification strategy dominates the international diversification strategy at a …
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The weak empirical evidence linking diversification and international equity flows calls into question the … diversification paradigm at the international level and the analytical framework it implies. Using a novel measure of diversification … the role that diversification opportunities play in the determination of international equity flows. Using the concept of …
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Portfolio diversification of firms' controlling owners influences their firms' capital investment. Empirically, the … effect of owners' portfolio diversification on their firms' investment levels is positive for publicly-traded firms and tends …
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