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Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis Vol. 10 No. 1 1975

Skewness and Investors' Decisions

Jack Clark Francis

Baruch College

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Abstract

It has been suggested by many [1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 10 and more] and denied by few that, ceteris paribus, a well-informed risk-averse investor should prefer investments which have positively skewed distributions of rates of return. Passing over the models which underlie such assertions, the question is addressed empirically here. Do (as opposed to “should”) investors prefer investments that are positively skewed, ceteris paribus?

DOI
10.2307/2330324
Volume
10
Issue
1
Pages
163
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