Risk and performance estimation in hedge funds revisited: Evidence from errors in variables

Alain Coën and Georges Hübner

Journal of Empirical Finance, 2009, vol. 16, issue 1, pages 112-125

Abstract: This paper revisits the performance of hedge funds in the presence of errors in variables. To reduce the bias induced by measurement error, we introduce an estimator based on cross sample moments of orders three and four. This Higher Moment Estimation (HME) technique has significant consequences on the measure of factor loadings and the estimation of abnormal performance. Large changes in alphas can be attributed to measurement errors at the level of explanatory variables, while we emphasize some shifts in the economic contents of the equity risk premiums by switching from OLS to HME.

Keywords: Errors; in; variables; Measurement; errors; Hedge; fund; performance; Asset; pricing; models (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009

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