Is Post Earnings Announcement Drift A Priced Risk Factor in Emerging Markets? Chinese evidence
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Post-earnings announcement drift, Earnings surprise, Divergence of opinion, Asset pricingAbstract
Abstract
This study examines the profitability of trading on earnings surprises in the post-earnings announcement period for equities listed in the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges spanning the period 2000 to 2008 when Chinese markets were developing. The paper also examines whether the drift is a priced risk factor. We show that a post-earnings announcement drift (PEAD) anomaly exists inChina. We document that a hedge strategy of going long on stocks in the highest earnings surprise decile and going short on firms in the lowest earnings surprise decile generates 7.92% excess return in the 60 days following the earnings announcement. We also show that the PEAD is a priced risk factor. Our paper is the first to document that PEAD is systematically priced as a risk factor in stock returns.
JEL classification: G11 G14 G15 M41
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