returns by aggregate investment and valuation ratios; and v) a downward sloping term structure of risk premia for dividend … firm characteristics - Tobin's Q, past investment, earnings-price ratios, market betas, and idiosyncratic volatility of … the firm's exposure to IST shocks and risk premia. Our calibrated model replicates: i) the predictability of returns by …

We propose an empirical implementation of the consumption-investment problem using the martingale representation … simplifies the investor's task of specifying the investment opportunity set and inherits the computational convenience of the … and probabilities, which generate variation in consumption, and the consumption smoothing induced by risk aversion. Using …

negative abnormal capital investment/return relation is shown to be stronger for firms that have greater investment discretion … to the empire building implications of increased investment expenditures. Although firms that increase capital … investments tend to have high past returns and often issue equity, the negative abnormal capital investment/return relation is …

The investment theory, in which the expected return varies cross-sectionally with investment, expected profitability …

hourly output and hourly revenue risk-reducing benefits from the optimal choice of locational generation capacities is … and solar energy and revenue risk are computed using the actual market portfolio and the risk-adjusted expected hourly …

quarters of the variation in real annual aggregate investment growth between 1948 and 1993. The negative correlation of … contemporaneous investment and stock returns is explained by the negative correlation of planned investment and subsequent stock … returns. Unexpected revisions to aggregate investment (actual minus plan) within a year are essentially unrelated to current …

This paper explores the sources of uncertainty that cause firms to revise their capital investment plans and the stock … in investment plans and the stock market rate of return in micro, setoral and aggregate components, and to measure the … U.S. economy for the period 1950-1973. The empirical results show that the capital investment decision is governed …

, profitability, investment, and stock returns for firms in the 'crisis' country as well as competitors in the rest of the world … capital investment and stock returns (and therefore expected long-run output and profits) is determined by capital …

The arrival of new, unfamiliar, investment opportunities is often associated with "exuberant" movements in asset prices … signals about the profitability of the new investment opportunities, and vice versa. In this paper, we study how such …