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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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volatility autocorrelation comes from the fundamental that the trading process is pricing or, is caused by the trading process … itself. Returns and volume data argue, in the context of our model, that persistent volatility is caused by traders … autocorrelation in volatility and volume on the time scale of the trading process which generates returns and volume data. Positive …
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We propose a dynamic equilibrium model of asset prices and trading volume with heterogeneous agents facing fixed transactions costs. We show that even small fixed costs can give rise to large 'no-trade' regions for each agent's optimal trading policy and a significant illiquidity discount in...
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In the present paper we analyze the relationship between index funds and asset prices. In particular, our analysis of daily index fund flows indicates a strong contemporaneous correlation between fund inflows and S&P market returns. We also document a strong negative correlation between fund out...
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We examine the dynamic relation between return and volume of individual stocks. Using a simple model in which investors trade to share risk or speculate on private information, we show that returns generated by risk-sharing trades tend to reverse themselves while returns generated by speculative...
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This paper investigates the relationship between stock market trading volume and the autocorrelations of daily stock index returns. The paper finds that stock return autocorrelations tend to decline with trading volume. The paper explains this phenomenon using a model in which risk-averse...
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We study the impact of model disagreement on the dynamics of asset prices, return volatility, and trade in the market … disagree about the length of the business cycle. We show that model disagreement amplifies return volatility and trading volume …, we find that while the absolute level of return volatility is driven by long-run risk, the variation and persistence of …
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This paper uses a disaggregated approach to study the volatility of common stocks at the market, industry, and firm … levels. Over the period 1962-97 there has been a noticeable increase in firm-level volatility relative to market volatility …, while the number of stocks needed to achieve a given level of diversification has increased. All the volatility measures …
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This paper studies three different measures of monthly stock market volatility: the time-series volatility of daily … market returns within the month; the cross-sectional volatility or 'dispersion' of daily returns on industry portfolios …, within the month. Over the period 1962-97 there has been a noticeable increase in firm-level volatility relative to market …
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This paper reviews the literature on idiosyncratic equity volatility since the publication of "Have Individual Stocks …, Gharghori, and Zhong and by Leippold and Svaton, and we present volatility estimates through the end of 2021, significantly … period, idiosyncratic volatility declined thereafter; but sharp increases in market, industry, and idiosyncratic volatility …
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