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The High-Volume Return Premium: Does it Really Exist in the Chinese Stock Market?

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  • Xingjian Zheng

    (Tianjin University)

  • Dehua Shen

    (Tianjin University)

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In this paper, we construct long-position portfolios and zero-investment portfolios to study the returns of stocks with high-or-low trading volume. Distinct from previous literature, this study finds that both high-volume return premium and discount effect exist in the Chinese market while the discount effect seems to be more prevalent. However, the dominance of the low volume return premium is not persistent, suggesting that the Chinese stock market is moving from undeveloped towards developed markets.

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  • Xingjian Zheng & Dehua Shen, 2020. "The High-Volume Return Premium: Does it Really Exist in the Chinese Stock Market?," Asia-Pacific Financial Markets, Springer;Japanese Association of Financial Economics and Engineering, vol. 27(2), pages 213-230, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:kap:apfinm:v:27:y:2020:i:2:d:10.1007_s10690-019-09290-4
    DOI: 10.1007/s10690-019-09290-4
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