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Risk and performance estimation in hedge funds revisited: Evidence from errors in variables
Coën, Alain; Hübner, Georges
2009In Journal of Empirical Finance, 16 (1), p. 112-125
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Keywords :
Errors in variables; Hedge fund performance; Asset pricing models
Abstract :
[en] This paper revisits the performance of hedge funds in the presence of errors in variables. To reduce the bias induced by measurement error, we introduce an estimator based on cross sample moments of orders three and four. This Higher Moment Estimation (HME) technique has significant consequences on the measure of factor loadings and the estimation of abnormal performance. Large changes in alphas can be attributed to measurement errors at the level of explanatory variables, while we emphasize some shifts in the economic contents of the equity risk premiums by switching from OLS to HME.
Disciplines :
Finance
Author, co-author :
Coën, Alain
Hübner, Georges  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > HEC-Ecole de gestion : UER > Gestion financière
Language :
English
Title :
Risk and performance estimation in hedge funds revisited: Evidence from errors in variables
Publication date :
January 2009
Journal title :
Journal of Empirical Finance
ISSN :
0927-5398
Publisher :
Elsevier Science
Volume :
16
Issue :
1
Pages :
112-125
Peer reviewed :
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