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Essays On Anomalies In International Equity Markets, Xiao Cheng
Essays On Anomalies In International Equity Markets, Xiao Cheng
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This dissertation consists of three chapters related to empirical asset pricing in the international stock market.
Chapter 1: "Loss of International Sales and Stock Performance" Using international firm-level data from 1990-2015, I show that when global firms' total international sales drop to zero, this conveys an important signal about future firm operations. An equal-weighted portfolio that sells stocks of firms that completely lost international sales and buys stocks of global firms earns up to 86 basis points per month (over 10% per year). This return predictability cannot be explained by the Fama-French international three- or five-factor models. Further examination suggests …