Aggregate recruiting intensity and cross-sectional stock returns

Jaewan Bae and Jangkoo Kang

Finance Research Letters, 2022, vol. 48, issue C

Abstract: This study investigates the effects of aggregate recruiting intensity (ARI) on cross-sectional stock returns. The procyclicality of ARI implies that the risk inherent in ARI should be positively priced and stocks whose returns are more sensitive to ARI risk should provide higher expected returns. When forming decile portfolios sorted by individual stocks’ estimated beta to ARI risk, we find that the highest-minus-lowest ARI beta portfolio earns a positive mean return. Furthermore, the link between the ARI beta and stock returns is stronger among firms in traditional industries or with less organization capital, because these firms face more flexibly adjustable labor.

Keywords: Aggregate recruiting intensity; Stock returns; Labor market (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G12 J23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.frl.2022.102947

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