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Journal of Banking & Finance Vol. 27 No. 7 2003

Selecting a portfolio with skewness: Recent evidence from US, European, and Latin American equity markets

Arun J. Prakash1; Chun-Hao Chang1; Therese E. Pactwa2

1 Florida International University · 2 St. John's University

Abstract

Polynomial goal programming, in which investor preferences for skewness can be incorporated, is utilized to determine the optimal portfolio from Latin American, US and European capital markets. The empirical findings suggest that the incorporation of skewness into an investor’s portfolio decision causes a major change in the resultant optimal portfolio. The empirical evidence indicates that investors do trade expected return of the portfolio for skewness.

DOI
10.1016/s0378-4266(02)00261-3
Volume
27
Issue
7
Pages
1375-1390
Language
en
Sources
crossref openalex bibtex:phds-export.bib

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