Macro to micro: Country exposures, firm fundamentals and stock returns

Ningzhong Li, Scott Richardson and İrem Tuna

Journal of Accounting and Economics, 2014, vol. 58, issue 1, 1-20

Abstract: We outline a systematic approach to incorporate macroeconomic information into firm level forecasting from the perspective of an equity investor. Using a global sample of 198,315 firm-years over the 1998–2010 time period, we find that combining firm level exposures to countries (via geographic segment data) with forecasts of country level performance, is able to generate superior forecasts for firm fundamentals. This result is particularly evident for purely domestic firms. We further find that this forecasting benefit is associated with future excess stock returns. These relations are stronger after periods of higher dispersion in expected country level performance.

Keywords: Macroeconomic exposures; Earnings; Stock returns; Geographic segments (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G12 G14 M41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2014.04.005

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