Bryzgalova, S, Lerner, S, Lettau, M and Pelger, M (2025) Missing Financial Data. Review of Financial Studies, 38 (3). pp. 803-882. ISSN 0893-9454
Abstract
We document the widespread nature and structure of missing observations of firm fundamentals and show how to systematically handle them. Missing financial data affects more than 70% of firms that represent about half of the total market cap. Firm fundamentals have complex systematic missing patterns, invalidating traditional approaches to imputation. We propose a novel imputation method to obtain a fully observed panel of firm fundamentals that exploits both time-series and cross-sectional dependency of data to impute missing values and allows for general systematic patterns of missingness. We document important implications for risk premiums estimates, cross-sectional anomalies, and portfolio construction.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Subject Areas: | Finance |
Date Deposited: | 15 Jul 2024 11:02 |
Date of first compliant deposit: | 15 Jul 2024 |
Last Modified: | 03 Mar 2025 10:06 |
URI: | https://lbsresearch.london.edu/id/eprint/3748 |
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