On the risk-return relation in international stock markets
Hui Guo ()
No 2003-012, Working Papers from Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Abstract:
We investigate the risk-return relation in international stock markets using realized variance constructed from MSCI (Morgan Stanley Capital International) daily stock price indices. In contrast with CAPM, realized variance by itself provides negligible information about future excess stock market returns; however, we uncover a positive and significant risk-return tradeoff in many countries after controlling for the (U.S.) consumption-wealth ratio. U.S. realized variance is also significantly related to future international stock market returns; more importantly, it always subsumes the information content of its local counterparts. Our results indicate that stock market variance is an important determinant of the equity premium. ; Earlier title: Does stock market volatility forecast returns: the international evidence
Keywords: Stock market; International finance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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