Liquidity and Asset Pricing: Evidence from Daily Data over 1926 to 2005

50 Pages Posted: 19 Feb 2009

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Weimin Liu

Nottingham University Business School

Date Written: February 18, 2009

Abstract

Using the new CRSP compilation of daily trading volume data from 1926 to 1962, this paper conducts a detailed analysis of liquidity from 1926 to 2005. It distinguishes liquidity risk from liquidity as a characteristic and presents new evidence on the importance of liquidity risk in asset pricing. The liquidity risk premium is as strong in the pre-1963 period as in the post 1963-period, and is the most significant and persistent premium in a comparison with size, value, and momentum premiums. Liquidity as a firm characteristic lacks significant predictive power beyond liquidity risk and the liquidity-augmented CAPM provides a good description of expected returns.

Keywords: Liquidy, risk, premium, CAPM

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Suggested Citation

Liu, Weimin, Liquidity and Asset Pricing: Evidence from Daily Data over 1926 to 2005 (February 18, 2009). Nottingham University Business School Research Paper No. 2009-03, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1345953 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1345953

Weimin Liu (Contact Author)

Nottingham University Business School ( email )

Jubilee Campus
Wollaton Road
Nottingham, NG8 1BB
United Kingdom

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