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Pricing Efficiency of Exchange-Traded Funds Listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange Cover

Pricing Efficiency of Exchange-Traded Funds Listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange

Open Access
|Feb 2026

Abstract

The article examines the pricing efficiency of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE) over the period 2010–2025. We analyse deviations of ETF market prices from their net asset values (NAVs) and introduce a novel perspective by comparing equal-, asset-, and turnover-weighted average absolute premiums and discounts. The results show that WSE-listed ETFs are generally priced efficiently, in line with evidence from other emerging markets. The largest mispricings, often in the form of premiums, occur in leveraged and foreign equity funds, particularly during episodes of market turbulence, while the smallest deviations are observed in ETFs tracking Polish sovereign bond indices. Most funds trade at a premium to NAV, with the exception of two domestic equity funds that frequently exhibit no significant discrepancies. Asset- and turnover-weighted deviations are slightly lower than equal-weighted ones, suggesting that the actual costs borne by investors are smaller than implied by unweighted measures. This study is the first comprehensive analysis of ETF pricing efficiency in Central and Eastern Europe, covering all instruments listed on the WSE and their full trading history.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ceej-2026-0003 | Journal eISSN: 2543-6821 | Journal ISSN: 2544-9001
Language: English
Page range: 37 - 55
Submitted on: Sep 30, 2025
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Accepted on: Dec 29, 2025
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Published on: Feb 24, 2026
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2026 Tomasz Miziołek, Roman Asyngier, published by Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.