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Breadth of ownership and stock excess returns

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  • Yang, Chunpeng
  • Hu, Xiaoyi

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Using trading data from the Chinese Stock Market, we construct a trading-based breadth of ownership measure using buyer-initiated volume and seller-initiated volume in individual stocks, and further examine the role of breadth of ownership in stock excess returns. We find that the breadth of ownership has a positive and significant effect on stock excess returns beyond the Fama-French three factors and four firm-level factors (size, age, book-to-market and turnover rate). Moreover, we show that the influence of breadth on stock excess returns is positive and significant in both large stocks and small stocks, and both young stocks and old stocks. In addition, we demonstrate that the breadth of ownership effect is stable in different sample periods, in different stock markets, and with and without short-selling constraints.

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  • Yang, Chunpeng & Hu, Xiaoyi, 2019. "Breadth of ownership and stock excess returns," Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Elsevier, vol. 55(C), pages 259-269.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:pacfin:v:55:y:2019:i:c:p:259-269
    DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2019.04.004
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    Keywords

    Breadth of ownership; Buyer-initiated volume; Seller-initiated volume; Stock excess returns;
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    • G1 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets

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