Global Market Inefficiencies

69 Pages Posted: 2 Aug 2017 Last revised: 30 Aug 2021

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Söhnke M. Bartram

University of Warwick; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Mark Grinblatt

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Finance Area; Yale University - International Center for Finance; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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Date Written: September 13, 2017

Abstract

Using point-in-time accounting data, we estimate monthly fair values of 25,000 stocks from 36 countries. A trading strategy based on deviations from fair value earns significant risk-adjusted returns (“alpha”) in most regions, especially the Asia Pacific, that are unrelated to known anomalies. The strategy’s 40-70 basis point per month alpha difference between emerging and developed markets contrast with prior research findings. A country’s pre-transaction-cost alpha is positively related to its trading costs, but exceeds country-specific institutional trading costs. Thus, global equity markets are inefficient, particularly in countries with quantifiable market frictions, like trading costs, that deter arbitrageurs.

Keywords: International finance, valuation, asset pricing, market efficiency, fundamental analysis, Point-in-Time, Theil-Sen, transaction costs, principal components, IPCA

JEL Classification: G11, G12, G14

Suggested Citation

Bartram, Söhnke M. and Grinblatt, Mark, Global Market Inefficiencies (September 13, 2017). Journal of Financial Economics, Vol. 139 (1), January 2021, 234–259., Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2990555 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2990555

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