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Country factors in stock returns: reconsidering the basic method

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Many studies show that country effects dominate in determining the stock return cross-sectional variations. After removing three potential distortions (domestic inflation rate, exchange rate and local risk-free interest rate), we find that the common practice of decomposing the nominal return converted into a single currency misestimates the importance of country effects, and hence may lead to incorrect inferences regarding portfolio diversification.

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  • Y. Bai, 2014. "Country factors in stock returns: reconsidering the basic method," Applied Financial Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 24(13), pages 871-888, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apfiec:v:24:y:2014:i:13:p:871-888
    DOI: 10.1080/09603107.2014.909571
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