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Can Book-to-Market, Size and Momentum Be Risk Factors that Predict Economic Growth?

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  • Liew, J.
  • Vassalou, M.

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We test whether the profitability of HML, SMB, and WML can be linked to future GDP growth. Using data from ten countries, we find that HML and SMB contain significant information about future GDP growth. This information is to a large degree independent of that in the market factor. Even in the presence of popular business cycle variables, HML and SMB retain their ability to predict future economic growth in some countries. Our results support a risk-based explanation for the performance of HML and SMB. Little evidence was found to support such an explanation in the case of WML.

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  • Liew, J. & Vassalou, M., 1999. "Can Book-to-Market, Size and Momentum Be Risk Factors that Predict Economic Growth?," Papers 99-11, Columbia - Graduate School of Business.
    • Handle: RePEc:fth:colubu:99-11
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    Keywords

    ECONOMIC GROWTH ; MARKET ; RISK;
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    JEL classification:

    • G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
    • G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates
    • G15 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - International Financial Markets

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