Risk and the cross section of stock returns

Radu Burlacu, Patrice Fontaine, Sonia Jimenez-Garcès and Mark S. Seasholes

Journal of Financial Economics, 2012, vol. 105, issue 3, 511-522

Abstract: This paper mathematically transforms unobservable rational expectation equilibrium model parameters (information precision and supply uncertainty) into a single variable that is correlated with expected returns and that can be estimated with recently observed data. Our variable can be used to explain the cross section of returns in theoretical, numerical, and empirical analyses. Using Center for Research in Security Prices data, we show that a −1σ to +1σ change in our variable is associated with a 0.31% difference in average returns the following month (equaling 3.78% per annum). The results are statistically significant at the 1% level. Our results remain economically and statistically significant after controlling for stocks' market capitalizations, book-to-market ratios, liquidities, and the probabilities of information-based trading.

Keywords: Risk premiums; Cross-sectional asset pricing; REE models (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D8 D82 G1 G11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2012.03.008

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