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with empirical evidence, the model shows that (a) value stocks are those with higher cash-flow risk; (b) the size of the … value premium is larger in "bad times," due to time variation in risk preferences; (c) the unconditional CAPM fails, because …
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investors could benefit from changing their allocation to PE. Plans invest in PE funds with higher average risk …-adjusted performance. This is mainly due to access to successful PE managers, not superior selection skill. Decomposing returns into risk …-compensation and "alpha", we find that some plans obtain higher PE returns by taking more risk without earning higher, and in some …
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We study the effects of broadband internet use on the investment decisions of individual investors. A public program in Norway provides plausibly exogenous variation in internet use. Our instrumental variables estimates show that internet use causes a substantial increase in stock market...
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traditional risk statistics. Aggregate research interest is highly correlated with stock size, and salient news and earnings …
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valuation of disaster risk. Focusing on media discourse addresses the challenge of sample size even when major disasters are …
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to earn higher returns, or investing more broadly to reduce risk through diversification. Using a novel, deal …, but are also the least risky. Returns and risk are both increasing in industry or geographic concentration. And while GP … deal selection, to seek risk-adjusted fund-level returns …
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We measure investors' short- and long-term stock-return expectations using both options and survey data. These expectations at different horizons reveal what investors think their own short-term expectations will be in the future, or forward return expectations. While contemporaneous short-term...
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some utilities to use renewables while exempting others. This extra risk is related to more volatile electricity prices and …
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This paper documents the share of investable wealth that middle-class U.S. investors hold in the stock market over their working lives. This share rises modestly early in life and falls significantly as people approach retirement. Prior to 2000, the average investor held less of their investable...
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This paper presents evidence that the corporate stock owned by high income investors appreciates substantially faster than the stock owned by investors with lower incomes. Those with very high incomes enjoy the greatest success on their investments while those with incomes under $20,000 have the...
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