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The long-run reversal in the long run: Insights from two centuries of international equity returns

The long-run reversal in the long run: Insights from two centuries of international equity returns
The long-run reversal in the long run: Insights from two centuries of international equity returns

We perform the most comprehensive test of long-term reversal in national equity indices ever done. Having examined data from 71 countries for the years 1830 through 2019, we demonstrate a strong reversal pattern: the past long-term return negatively predicts future performance. The phenomenon is not subsumed by other established cross-sectional return patterns, including the value effect. The long-term reversal is robust to many considerations but highly unstable through time. Finally, our findings support the overreaction explanation of this anomaly.

Asset pricing, Country equity indices, Early security data, Equity anomalies, Long-run reversal, Long-term reversal, Return predictability
0927-5398
177-199
Zaremba, Adam
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Kizys, Renatas
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Raza, Muhammad Wajid
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Zaremba, Adam
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Kizys, Renatas
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Raza, Muhammad Wajid
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Zaremba, Adam, Kizys, Renatas and Raza, Muhammad Wajid (2020) The long-run reversal in the long run: Insights from two centuries of international equity returns. Journal of Empirical Finance, 55, 177-199. (doi:10.1016/j.jempfin.2019.11.007).

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We perform the most comprehensive test of long-term reversal in national equity indices ever done. Having examined data from 71 countries for the years 1830 through 2019, we demonstrate a strong reversal pattern: the past long-term return negatively predicts future performance. The phenomenon is not subsumed by other established cross-sectional return patterns, including the value effect. The long-term reversal is robust to many considerations but highly unstable through time. Finally, our findings support the overreaction explanation of this anomaly.

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Accepted/In Press date: 24 November 2019
e-pub ahead of print date: 27 November 2019
Published date: January 2020
Keywords: Asset pricing, Country equity indices, Early security data, Equity anomalies, Long-run reversal, Long-term reversal, Return predictability

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Local EPrints ID: 436972
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/436972
ISSN: 0927-5398
PURE UUID: 59159cf0-29ca-4162-bfe5-1aa3c4d07d72
ORCID for Renatas Kizys: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-9104-1809

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Date deposited: 14 Jan 2020 18:33
Last modified: 18 Mar 2024 03:52

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Author: Adam Zaremba
Author: Renatas Kizys ORCID iD
Author: Muhammad Wajid Raza

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