Does the investment-profitability correlation affect the factor premiums? Evidence from China

Shan Chen*, Xujun Liu, Tao Li

*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Journal Publications and ReviewsRGC 21 - Publication in refereed journalpeer-review

Abstract

We investigate whether the investment-profitability correlation affects the investment and profitability premiums in the U.S. and Chinese markets. By replicating the results of Kilic, Yang and Zhang (2022), we confirm that the factor premiums are lower when the investment-profitability correlation is high in both markets. However, unlike the U.S. market, mitigating the correlation effect does not resurrect the insignificant investment premium in China. In contrast, the profitability factor earns robust returns under different specifications. © 2023 Elsevier B.V.
Original languageEnglish
Article number102012
JournalPacific Basin Finance Journal
Volume79
Online published21 Mar 2023
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2023

Research Keywords

  • Chinese market
  • Cross-section of stock returns
  • Investment premium
  • Profitability premium

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