Arbeitspapier

Stochastic spanning

This study develops and implements a theory and method for analyzing whether introducing new securities or relaxing investment constraints improves the investment opportunity set for risk averse investors. We develop a test procedure for 'stochastic spanning' for two nested polyhedral portfolio sets based on subsampling and Linear Programming. The procedure is statistically consistent and asymptotically exact for a class of weakly dependent processes. Using the stochastic spanning tests, we accept market portfolio efficiency but reject two-fund separation in standard data sets of historical stock market returns. The divergence between the results of the two tests illustrates the role for higher-order moment risk in portfolio choice and challenges representative-investor models of capital market equilibrium.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Working Paper ; No. 1505

Classification
Wirtschaft
Optimization Techniques; Programming Models; Dynamic Analysis
Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
Subject
Portfolio choice
Stochastic Dominance
Spanning
Subsampling
Linear Programming
Asset Pricing

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Arvanitis, Stelios
Hallam, Mark
Post, Thierry
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Koç University-TÜSİAD Economic Research Forum (ERF)
(where)
Istanbul
(when)
2015

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  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Arvanitis, Stelios
  • Hallam, Mark
  • Post, Thierry
  • Koç University-TÜSİAD Economic Research Forum (ERF)

Time of origin

  • 2015

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