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Common risk factors in international stock markets

Published inFinancial markets and portfolio management, vol. 33, no. 3, p. 213-241
Publication date2019-09
First online date2019-09-20
Abstract

A major obstacle for research in international asset pricing and corporate finance has been a lack of reliable and publicly available data on international common risk factors and portfolios. To address this gap, we provide a step-by-step description of how appropriately screened data from Thomson Reuters Datastream and Thomson Reuters Worldscope can be used to construct high-quality systematic risk factors. We provide common risk factors for 23 countries across the globe. To demonstrate the use of this dataset, we present evidence of an “extreme” size premium in a large number of countries. These premia, however, are often not realizable or at least significantly eroded due to transaction costs.

Keywords
  • Risk factors
  • Value
  • Size
  • Momentum
  • Profitability
  • Investment
  • International equity markets
  • Asset pricing anomalies
  • Trading costs
Citation (ISO format)
SCHMIDT, Peter Steffen et al. Common risk factors in international stock markets. In: Financial markets and portfolio management, 2019, vol. 33, n° 3, p. 213–241. doi: 10.1007/s11408-019-00334-3
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Additional URL for this publicationhttp://link.springer.com/10.1007/s11408-019-00334-3
Journal ISSN1934-4554
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