An Empirical Investigation of Risk-Return Relations in Chinese Equity Markets: Evidence from Aggregate and Sectoral Data

Thomas C. Chiang and Yuanqing Zhang
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Thomas C. Chiang: Department of Finance, Drexel University, LeBow Hall, 3220 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Yuanqing Zhang: China Securities, Beijing Anli Sales Office, Tower C, Anli Garden, 66 Anli Street, ChaoYang District, Beijing 10020, China

IJFS, 2018, vol. 6, issue 2, 1-22

Abstract: This paper investigates the risk-return relations in Chinese equity markets. Based on a TARCH-M model, evidence shows that stock returns are positively correlated with predictable volatility, supporting the risk-return relation in both aggregate and sectoral markets. Evidence finds a positive relation between stock return and intertemporal downside risk, while controlling for sentiment and liquidity. This study suggests that the U.S. stress risk or the world downside risk should be priced into the Chinese stocks. The paper concludes that the risk-return tradeoff is present in the GARCH-in-mean, local downside risk-return, and global risk-return relations.

Keywords: stock return; Chinese stock market; illiquidity; VaR; GARCH-M; downside risk (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F2 F3 F41 F42 G1 G2 G3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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