Resurrecting the size effect: Evidence from a panel nonlinear cointegration model for the G7 stock markets

Nicholas Apergis () and James Payne

Review of Financial Economics, 2014, vol. 23, issue 1, 46-53

Abstract: Firm size is known to be an important factor affecting stock returns. This study proposes a panel threshold cointegration model to investigate the impact of the size effect on stock returns for the panel of G7 countries: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the U.K., and the U.S. over the period 1991:1–2012:12. The empirical analysis is based upon the nonlinear cointegration framework using the asymmetric ARDL cointegration methodology (Shin et al., 2011). This methodological approach permits a much richer degree of flexibility in the dynamic adjustment process toward equilibrium, than in the classical linear model. Our findings indicate the presence of asymmetric adjustment around a unique long‐run equilibrium. In particular, the empirical analysis provides evidence of asymmetric effects between stock returns and the size effect, while controlling for the book‐to‐market ratio and the price‐to‐earnings ratio.

Date: 2014
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