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Modeling Portfolio Returns On Bucharest Stock Exchange Using The Fama-French Multifactor Model

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  • Andrei ANGHEL

    (FABBV, Bucharest University of Economic Studies)

  • Dalina DUMITRESCU

    (FABBV, Bucharest University of Economic Studies)

  • Cristiana TUDOR

    (REI, Bucharest University of Economic Studies)

Abstract

The Fama–French three-factor model is known to explain the cross-section of average returns better than the market beta alone across various international equity markets. No such implementation exists, however, for the Romanian capital market. This paper contributes to the existing literature by calibrating the model on the Bucharest Stock Exchange and by relying on a complex, correct and complete database. We show that the three-factor model captures more variation in portfolio returns than the classical model (as attested by the higher adjusted R 2 ) while it also passes standard diagnosis tests (the hypothesis that pricing errors are jointly equal to 0 cannot be rejected by the GRS test statistics on the regressions intercepts). Robustness check demonstrates that the model is informative on seemingly unrelated time series; further, we also provide a simple application of performance attribution.

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  • Andrei ANGHEL & Dalina DUMITRESCU & Cristiana TUDOR, 2015. "Modeling Portfolio Returns On Bucharest Stock Exchange Using The Fama-French Multifactor Model," Journal for Economic Forecasting, Institute for Economic Forecasting, vol. 0(1), pages 22-46, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:rjr:romjef:v::y:2015:i:1:p:22-46
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    Keywords

    Fama–French three-factor model; asset pricing; GRS test; Romanian equity market;
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    JEL classification:

    • G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates
    • G14 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies; Insider Trading
    • G15 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - International Financial Markets

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