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The Alternative Three-Factor Model: Evidence from the German Stock Market

Year:    2018

Author:    Kiesel, Florian, Lübbering, Andreas, Schiereck, Dirk

Credit and Capital Markets – Kredit und Kapital, Vol. 51 (2018), Iss. 3 : pp. 389–420

Abstract

This article applies the alternative three-factor model introduced by Chen / Novy-Marx / Zhang (2010) to the German stock market for the sample period of 2004 through 2015. We construct two new factors INV („investment") and ROA („return on assets") for companies listed on the highest segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, and examine whether they can explain various stock market anomalies using linear time series regressions. Our results reveal that the theoretical assumptions of the model are valid for the German stock market. Firms with higher investments generally exhibit lower returns, while more profitable firms exhibit higher returns. However, we find that the alternative three-factor model does not explain capital market anomalies in the German market better than the factors of the traditional Fama / French (1993) three-factor model.

Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/10.3790/ccm.51.3.389

Credit and Capital Markets – Kredit und Kapital, Vol. 51 (2018), Iss. 3 : pp. 389–420

Published online:    2018-09

AMS Subject Headings:    Duncker & Humblot

Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    32

Keywords:    Multifactor models cross-section of stock returns Fama / French three-factor model G12

Author Details

Kiesel, Florian

Lübbering, Andreas

Schiereck, Dirk