Is stock return predictability time-varying?

Neluka Devpura, Paresh Kumar Narayan and Susan Sharma

Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 2018, vol. 52, issue C, 152-172

Abstract: Using historical data (January 1927 to December 2014), this paper shows that stock return predictability is time-varying based on several well-known predictors from the literature. However, only 7 of 14 predictors exhibit this time-varying predictability pattern. For the remaining predictors, either there is no predictability or predictability is not time-dependent. We also examine the determinants of time-varying predictability. We show that (a) both expected and unexpected shocks emanating from financial variables, and (b) phases of predictability (which capture market volatility) explain return predictability.

Keywords: Heteroskedasticity; Time-varying predictability; Predictive regression (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.intfin.2017.06.001

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