ANOMALIA NISKIEJ CZY MOŻE WYSOKIEJ CENY? OSOBLIWY PRZYPADEK POLSKIEGO RYNKU AKCJI
IS IT A LOW OR HIGH PRICE ANOMALY? THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE POLISH STOCK MARKET

Summary/Abstract: The study investigates the low-price effect on the Polish stock market. Using sorting, cross-sectional tests and checks of the monotonic relation, we examine the performance of portfolios formed on prices of over 850 companies listed on the Polish stock market in the years 2000-2014. Contrary to global evidence, expensive stocks significantly outperform cheap stocks there. Furthermore, additional sorts on value, size and momentum may be used to improve price-based strategies and the anomaly is strongest among growth companies. We hypothesize that the reverse character of the low-price anomaly may be potentially explained by an impact of other phenomena, like the underperformance of lottery-stocks. Moreover, employing an alternative methodology, we provide convincing out-of-sample evidence in support of the hypothesis of Baker et al. [2009], that corporate managers cater to investors by splitting their shares in response to time-varying catering incentives.

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