East Asian Economic Review
- Volume 19 Issue 3
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- Pages.223-241
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- 2015
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- 2508-1640(pISSN)
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- 2508-1667(eISSN)
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The Book-to-Market Anomaly in the Chinese Stock Markets
- Ho, Kin-Yip (College of Business and Economics, The Australian National University) ;
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An, Jiyoun
(College of International Studies, Kyung Hee University)
;
- Zhou, Lanyue (School of International Trade and Economics, University of International Business and Economics)
- Received : 2015.08.10
- Accepted : 2015.09.14
- Published : 2015.09.30
Abstract
This paper examines the existence of value premium in the Chinese stock markets and empirically provides its explanation. Our results suggest that the value premium does exist in the Chinese markets, and investor sophistication is significant in explaining its existence. In particular, there is supporting evidence that the value premium could be driven by individual investors, whereas stocks that are mostly held by institutional investors are value-premium free. We briefly discuss the implications of our findings.
Keywords
- Book-to-Market Anomaly;
- Chinese Stock Markets;
- Empirical Asset Pricing;
- Value Premium;
- Investor Sophistication