Anomaly Discovery and Arbitrage Trading
研究套利者发现市场异象前后的资产价格与交易行为变化，发现异象发现会降低其极端组合收益的相关性，且对冲基金财富波动会增强该效应，基金仓位随财富增减而调整。
Abstract We analyze a model in which an anomaly is unknown to arbitrageurs until its discovery, and test the model implications on both asset prices and arbitrageurs’ trading activities. Using data on 99 anomalies documented in the existing literature, we find that the discovery of an anomaly reduces the correlation between the returns of its decile-1 and decile-10 portfolios. This discovery effect is stronger if the aggregate wealth of hedge funds is more volatile. Finally, hedge funds increase (reverse) their positions in exploiting anomalies when their aggregate wealth increases (decreases), further suggesting that these discovery effects operate through arbitrage trading.