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Pairs Trading: Performance of a Relative Value Arbitrage Rule

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Evan Gatev () (Boston College - Department of Finance)
William N. Goetzmann () (Yale School of Management, International Center for Finance)
K. Geert Rouwenhorst () (Yale School of Management, International Center for Finance)

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We test a Wall Street investment strategy known as

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  3. Perlin, M., 2007. "M of a kind: A Multivariate Approach at Pairs Trading," MPRA Paper 8309, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]
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  6. Perlin, M., 2007. "Evaluation of pairs trading strategy at the Brazilian financial market," MPRA Paper 8308, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]
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