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-30 percent of that of the Presidency. We also find evidence inconsistent with the popular view that divided government is better …
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We present an alternative expectation formation mechanism that helps rationalize well known asset pricing anomalies, such as the predictability of excess returns, excess volatility, and the equity-premium puzzle. As with rational expectations (RE), the expectation formation mechanism we consider...
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This paper is an investigation into the determinants of asymmetries in stock returns. We develop a series of cross-sectional regression specifications which attempt to forecast skewness in the daily returns of individual stocks. Negative skewness is most pronounced in stocks that have...
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potential loss of profit. By enabling firms to retain only a very small fraction of these potential revenues, the government can … protect firms' profits and equity values. Thus, the government needs to grandfather only a small percentage of CO2 emissions … small sacrifice of potential government revenue. Such revenue has an efficiency value because it can finance cuts in pre …
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This paper examines the impact of capital gains taxes on equity pricing. Examining three-day cumulative abnormal returns for quarterly earning announcements from 1983-1997, we present evidence consistent with shareholders' capital gains taxes affecting stock price responses. To our knowledge,...
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