Has the Pricing of Stocks Become More Global?

82 Pages Posted: 19 May 2016

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Ivan Petzev

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Andreas Schrimpf

Bank for International Settlements (BIS) - Monetary and Economic Department; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); University of Tuebingen

Alexander F. Wagner

University of Zurich - Department of Banking and Finance; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI); Swiss Finance Institute

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Date Written: May 2016

Abstract

We show that in recent years global factor models have been catching up significantly with their local counterparts in terms of explanatory power (R2) for international stock returns. This catch-up is driven by a rise in global factor betas, not a rise in factor volatilities, suggesting that the effect is likely to be permanent. Yet, there is no conclusive evidence for a global factor model catch-up in terms of pricing errors (alpha) or a convergence in country-specific factor premia. These findings suggest that global financial markets have progressed surprisingly little towards fully integrated pricing, different from what should be expected under financial market integration. We discuss alternative explanations for these patterns and assess implications for practice.

Keywords: International asset pricing, size, value, momentum, financial integration, factor models

JEL Classification: F36, G12, G15

Suggested Citation

Petzev, Ivan and Schrimpf, Andreas and Wagner, Alexander F., Has the Pricing of Stocks Become More Global? (May 2016). BIS Working Paper No. 560, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2782032

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