explaining heterogeneity in firm exposures to systematic risk. These differences in systematic risk are partially explained by …-career experiences of starting their first job in a recession also contribute to differential loadings on systematic risk. These effects …

Using textual analysis and comparing cybersecurity-risk disclosures of firms that were hacked to others that were not …, we propose a novel firm-level measure of cybersecurity risk for all US-listed firms. We then examine whether … cybersecurity risk is priced in the cross-section of stock returns. Portfolios of firms with high exposure to cybersecurity risk …

, arises because these models load all uncertainty onto the supply side of the economy. We propose a simple theory of asset … pricing in which demand shocks play a central role. These shocks give rise to valuation risk that allows the model to account …