Download This PaperValue Versus Growth: The International Evidence
30 Pages Posted: 1 May 1997
Date Written: August 1997
Abstract
Value stocks have higher returns than growth stocks in markets around the world. For 1975-95, the difference between the average returns on global portfolios of high and low book-to-market stocks is 7.60% per year, and value stocks outperform growth stocks in 12 of 13 major markets. An international CAPM cannot explain the value premium, but a two-factor model that includes a risk factor for relative distress captures the value premium in international returns.
JEL Classification: G12, G15
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Eugene F. Fama (Contact Author)
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