TY - JOUR
T1 - The race to exploit anomalies and the cost of slow trading
AU - Kaplanski, Guy
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2023/1
Y1 - 2023/1
N2 - This study explores how arbitrage capital reshapes out-of-sample returns and trade volume. Studying 71 anomalies, I show that the discovery of an anomaly creates a contrarian effect on the general decay in returns. A consistent volume effect reinforces the arbitrage capital explanation. The effect duration has been shortened and starts earlier in more recent years, along with the reduction in arbitrage costs. Also consistent with the limits-to-arbitrage hypothesis, the differences in long-side and short-side portfolios diminish in more recent years. The long-lasting effect indicates a persistent mispricing component in anomalies.
AB - This study explores how arbitrage capital reshapes out-of-sample returns and trade volume. Studying 71 anomalies, I show that the discovery of an anomaly creates a contrarian effect on the general decay in returns. A consistent volume effect reinforces the arbitrage capital explanation. The effect duration has been shortened and starts earlier in more recent years, along with the reduction in arbitrage costs. Also consistent with the limits-to-arbitrage hypothesis, the differences in long-side and short-side portfolios diminish in more recent years. The long-lasting effect indicates a persistent mispricing component in anomalies.
KW - Arbitrage capital
KW - Asset mispricing
KW - Contrarian return effect
KW - Cross-sectional anomalies
KW - Market Efficiency
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85131792213&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.finmar.2022.100754
DO - 10.1016/j.finmar.2022.100754
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AN - SCOPUS:85131792213
SN - 1386-4181
VL - 62
JO - Journal of Financial Markets
JF - Journal of Financial Markets
M1 - 100754
ER -