Abstract
We use various stochastic dominance criteria that account for (local) risk seeking to analyze market portfolio efficiency relative to benchmark portfolios formed on market capitalization, book-to-market equity ratio and price momentum. Our results suggest that reverse S-shaped utility functions with risk aversion for losses and risk seeking for gains can explain stock returns. The results are also consistent with a reverse S-shaped pattern of subjective probability transformation. The low average yield on big caps, growth stocks, and past losers may reflect investors' twin desire for downside protection in bear markets and upside potential in bull markets.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 925-953 |
| Number of pages | 29 |
| Journal | Review of Financial Studies |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Sept 2005 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Accounting
- Finance
- Economics and Econometrics