SIZE EFFECT STUDY IN THE MAJOR STOCK MARKET OF AMERICA, ESTUDIO DEL EFECTO TAMANO EN LOS PRINCIPALES MERCADOS BURSATILES DE LATINOAMERICA

Juan Benjamin Duarte Duarte, Zulay Yesenia Ramirez Leon and Katherine Julieth Sierra Suarez

Revista Internacional Administracion & Finanzas, 2014, vol. 7, issue 5, 41-50

Abstract: In this paper we study the existence of size effect in major stock markets in Latin America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru), by analyzing the historical return of the companies listed on each stock exchange, for the period between January 2002 and May 2012. The research is conducted in three phases: In the first size portfolios are structured, the second is an analysis of profitability and portfolio risk and finally develop a temporary serial contrast in the context of the CAPM. Results show that in general the size effect studied by Banz (1981) does not present in the major stock markets of Latin America, however evidence for the presence of reverse effect in Brazil, Mexico, Chile and Colombia.

Keywords: Latin America Stock Markets; Size Effect; CAPM (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C01 D52 G12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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