Predictability and the Cross-Section of Expected Returns in Models with Long-Run Risks

Category: Finance Brown Bag Seminar
When: 21 December 2016
, 02:00
 - 03:00
Where: HoF E.01
Speaker: Julian Thimme

Authors: Christian Schlag (Goethe University), Michael Semenischev (University of Muenster), Julian Thimme (Goethe University)

Title: Predictability and the Cross-Section of Expected Returns in Models with Long-Run Risks

Abstract: In long-run risks models excess returns on arbitrary assets are predictable via the price-dividend ratio and the variance risk premium of the aggregate stock market. We propose a simple empirical test for the ability of such a model to explain the cross-section of expected returns by sorting stocks based on the sensitivity of expected returns to these quantities. We show that models with only one uncertainty-related state variable, like the classic long-run risks model, are not able to pass this test. However, even extensions with more state variables mostly fail. We derive criteria for the market prices of risks a model has to meet to be in line with the data.

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