Noise-trader Risk: Does it Deter Arbitrage, and Is it Priced?

Sean Flynn

No 69, Vassar College Department of Economics Working Paper Series from Vassar College Department of Economics

Abstract: Arbitrage positions that benefit from the reversion of closed-end fund discounts to rational levels show excess returns that increase in magnitude the more funds are mispriced. At the same time, fund trading volumes and bid-ask spreads more than double as funds become increasingly mispriced. These behaviors suggest that non-diversifiable noise-trader risk increases the more funds are mispriced and that market participants are not only aware of this unique risk factor but demand a compensatory rate of return that varies with its magnitude.

Date: 2005-09
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