Why some Distressed Firms Have Low Expected Returns. ( Revised in September. 2007 )
In recent years, empirical researchers show that firms with higher credit risk have much smaller average stock returns. This finding is opposite to the risk-reward principle and is often attributed to mispricing and market anomalies. We investigate how credit risk and expected stock return are determined in a model with production, capital structure and aggregate uncertainty. We show that, contrary to the conventional wisdom, a firm with higher credit risk can have less risky stock than the one with lower credit risk.
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2007-07
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Authors: | Kobayashi, Takao ; Ikeda, Ryoichi |
Institutions: | Center for Advanced Research in Finance, Faculty of Economics |
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