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A Structural Model of Dynamic Market Timing: Theory and Estimation


Jerome Detemple


Boston University - Department of Finance & Economics; Center for Interuniversity Research and Analysis on Organization (CIRANO)

Marcel Rindisbacher


Boston University School of Management - Finance and Economics Department; Center for Interuniversity Research and Analysis on Organization (CIRANO)

April 17, 2012

Paris December 2012 Finance Meeting EUROFIDAI-AFFI Paper

Abstract:     
This paper derives and analyzes dynamic timing strategies of a fund manager with private information. Endogenous timing strategies generated by various information structures and skills, and associated fund styles are identified. Endogenous fund returns are characterized in the public information of an uninformed observer. Econometric methods for style analysis are developed.

New tests of timing skill are proposed and their detection ability is analyzed. An application to a universe of hedge fund indices shows significant timing ability in specific categories of hedge fund styles.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 66

Keywords: Structural Model, Active Fund Management, Private Information, Market Timing, Dynamic Trading, Selection, Return Structure, Timing Claim, Econometric Method, Tests of Timing Skill, Test Power, Empirical Application

JEL Classification: G11

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Date posted: June 12, 2012 ; Last revised: January 26, 2013

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Detemple, Jerome and Rindisbacher, Marcel, A Structural Model of Dynamic Market Timing: Theory and Estimation (April 17, 2012). Paris December 2012 Finance Meeting EUROFIDAI-AFFI Paper. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2066055 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2066055

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Jerome Detemple (Contact Author)
Boston University - Department of Finance & Economics ( email )
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Boston, MA 02215
United States
(617) 353-4297 (Phone)
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Center for Interuniversity Research and Analysis on Organization (CIRANO)
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Montreal, Quebec H3C 3J7
Canada
Marcel Rindisbacher
Boston University School of Management - Finance and Economics Department ( email )
595 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215
United States
617 353 4152 (Phone)
617 353 999 (Fax)
Center for Interuniversity Research and Analysis on Organization (CIRANO) ( email )
2020 rue University, 25th Floor
Montreal, Quebec H3C 3J7
Canada
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