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statistically segmented. Opportunities for arbitrage based on different prices/returns for equivalent risk exposures are … solely by diversification options. This infers a potential for arbitrage (statistically, strategically or in practice) is … statistical arbitrage and the specification of investment behaviour as a function of differencing pricing expectations. These …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to re‐examine the sources of momentum profits by focusing on momentum in monthly … – Different from previous studies, it is found that momentum may have multiple sources, and that risk or behavioral biases in … isolation may not be sufficient to explain momentum. Practical implications – The paper's finding that momentum may be at least …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to test the performance of momentum strategies and identify the sources of their … profits. Design/methodology/approach – To identify the main source of momentum profits, first, the bootstrap method with … are the main source of momentum profits. Originality/value – To ensure the random effect of the draws, the authors develop …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine whether the contracting incentives (i.e. bonus plans, debt covenants, political costs hypotheses), and income smoothing can explain accounting choices in an emerging country, Egypt. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses the ordinary...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine whether firms engage in earnings decreasing management before share repurchases to mislead investors or to smooth earnings and improve earnings informativeness. Design/methodology/approach – The authors examine discretionary accruals and cash...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of earnings smoothing on the underpricing of seasoned equity offerings (SEOs). It aims to investigate whether earnings smoothing can add value to firms by reducing the degree of SEO underpricing. Design/methodology/approach – The...
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Purpose – The paper's aim is to explore the impact of statistical arbitrage and high-frequency trading as hedge fund … investment activity based on statistical arbitrage tends to produce a vulnerability; more funds using the strategy helps to …
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to compare the profitability of different pairs selection and spread trading methods using the complete data set of commodity futures from Dalian Commodity Exchange, Shanghai Futures Exchange and Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange. Design/methodology/approach Paris...
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construction. Several statistical-arbitrage tests are also carried out in order to examine whether the profitability of the … implementing market-neutral strategies with consistent profitability. By testing for statistical arbitrage, the author also … provides new evidence regarding the connection between the profit accumulation of cointegration-based pairs-trading strategies …
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specifications are tested, the importance of medium- and long-term momentum effects has been captured to a greater extent. The size …, market leverage and short-term momentum effects still persist even in the case of alternative unconditional and conditional … authors could not include certain important anomalies like net operating assets, change in gross profit margin, external …
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