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The Estimation of Quality-Adjusted Auction Returns with Varying Transaction Intervals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

William M. Taylor
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Abstract

Previous research has separately addressed the problem of estimating risk in the presence of infrequent trading and the problem of estimating quality-adjusted returns in markets with quality variation in the observed price series. This paper simultaneously addresses both problems by applying a signal extraction method for unequally spaced data to decompose the observed price series with varying times between transactions into a quality-adjusted, permanent component (which would be observable in the absence of quality variation) plus a stationary, transitory quality variation component. Stamp auction transaction prices provide an application. Auction quality grading is treated in a manner analogous to bond ratings. Almost all of the observed variance is attributed to the auction quality variation. The observed auction returns and stock index returns are not well related.

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Research Article
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Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis , Volume 27 , Issue 1 , March 1992 , pp. 131 - 142
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Copyright © School of Business Administration, University of Washington 1992

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