Asset growth and the cross-section of stock returns : evidence from Japan.

• Main Authors: Chua, Dennis Wen Ping., Lee, Swee Meng., Yeo, Boon Peng.
• Other Authors: Lau Sie Ting
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Business::Finance::Assets; DRNTU::Business::Finance::Equity
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/15049
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We test and observe in Japan‟s context a negative correlative between asset growth and abnormal returns. Contrary to previous research by Cooper, Gulen and Schill (2008), we do not observe significant alpha returns upon dividing sample firms into three categories based on market capitalization. Furt...