Size and Value in China

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Jianan Liu

Mingshi Investment Management; University of Hong Kong

Robert F. Stambaugh

University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Yu Yuan

Shanghai Mingshi Investment Company; University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Financial Institutions Center

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Date Written: December 11, 2018

Abstract

We construct size and value factors in China. The size factor excludes the smallest 30% of firms, which are companies valued significantly as potential shells in reverse mergers that circumvent tight IPO constraints. The value factor is based on the earnings-price ratio, which subsumes the book-to-market ratio in capturing all Chinese value effects. Our three-factor model strongly dominates a model formed by just replicating the Fama and French (1993) procedure in China. Unlike that model, which leaves a 17% annual alpha on the earnings-price factor, our model explains most reported Chinese anomalies, including profitability and volatility anomalies.

Keywords: Size; Value; China; Factors; Anomalies

JEL Classification: G12, G14, G15

Suggested Citation

Liu, Jianan and Stambaugh, Robert F. and Yuan, Yu, Size and Value in China (December 11, 2018). Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming, Jacobs Levy Equity Management Center for Quantitative Financial Research Paper, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3108175 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3108175

Jianan Liu

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