The Response of Equity Yields to a Long-Run Shock

Martijn Boons (), Anthony M. Diercks, Petra Sinagl () and Andrea Tamoni ()
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Anthony M. Diercks: https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/anthony-m-diercks.htm
Petra Sinagl: https://tippie.uiowa.edu/people/petra-sinagl

No 2026-044, Finance and Economics Discussion Series from Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.)

Abstract: We study how macroeconomic developments affect asset prices by analyzing the response of equity yields to a well-identified long-run growth shock. Using synthetic equity yield data from Giglio et al. (2024), we show that a positive long-run shock steepens the equity yield curve by increasing expected dividend growth while leaving discount rates largely unchanged. We examine how the investment driving this growth is financed and how yields respond across value and growth firms. Growth-firm yields respond more strongly than value-firm yields, reflecting larger changes in expected dividend growth. Ai et al. (2018)'s model, modified to separate cash dividends from total payout, best matches these responses relative to benchmark equity term structure models.

Keywords: equity term structure; total factor productivity (TFP) news shock; equity yields; dividend growth; discount rates; payout policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E32 G12 O40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 89 p.
Date: 2026-06-23
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DOI: 10.17016/FEDS.2026.044

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